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Meanings of tonnage duty in inglés

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A tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship.

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        1
        That figure was purely for the tonnage collected under local recycling systems.
        The Guardian
        2
        He just worked; and his mill held the tonnage record for years.
        The Auction Block
        3
        The tonnage of the vessels on the lakes has been already noticed.
        The Naval War of 1812 / Or the History of the United States Navy...
        4
        Huntington is the largest port, in terms of tonnage, on the Ohio.
        The new yorker
        5
        Ranged in order of gross tonnage, these eight vessels stand as follows:
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886
        1
        For instance, tunnage and poundage were appropriated for naval defenses.
        Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
        2
        Our government having become a party to this agreement, discriminating tunnage duties have been abolished.
        The Government Class Book / Designed for the Instruction of Yout...
        3
        The difficulty, which the commodore principally apprehended, related to the duty usually paid by all ships in the river of Canton, according to their tunnage.
        A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume ...
        4
        Mr Tunnage said although he was happy at the lodge, there was little else on offer.
        Radio NZ
        Usage of tonnage duty in inglés
        1
        No state may lay a tonnage duty without the consent of Congress.
        Problems in American Democracy
        2
        They complain of our tonnage duty, but it is because it is not understood.
        Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
        3
        Now, what is this but substantially a tonnage duty, under the law of the State?
        The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster / With an Essa...
        4
        Now I suppose this matter of tonnage duties is well enough in its own sphere.
        The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858
        5
        Because the States may do enough by the levy and collection of tonnage duties; or if not-Fifth
        The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858
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        If I be right in this, how could we make any entirely new improvement by means of tonnage duties?
        The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858
        7
        Liberal bounties were allowed to French ships engaged in commerce, and foreign ships were compelled to pay heavy tonnage duties for using French ports.
        A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
        8
        We shall never make a canal by tonnage duties until it shall already have been made awhile, so the tonnage can get into it.
        The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858
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        Matteson had assumed a quasi-independent position; kept himself non-commital on Nebraska, and opposed Douglas's scheme of tonnage duties to improve Western rivers and harbors.
        Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01
        Translations for tonnage duty
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        arqueação