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• Rayner says this decision has been driven by the tonnages that 18 trains per hour will produce.2020 July 1, Chris Rayner tells Richard Clinnick, “High Speed 2 is speeding up...”, in Rail, page 65. From the entry slab track
• Trimmers are employed by the shipowners and they are paid tonnage rates.1945 January and February, T. F. Cameron, “Dock Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 11. From the entry trimmer
• Meanwhile, large tonnages of finished steel produced are imported.1978, Kung-Ping Wang, E. Chin, Mineral Economics and Basic Industries in Asia, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC…. From the entry Kaohsiung
• The less time required to rig and properly operate heavy-duty cranes and cargo lifts, the more tonnage you can handle.1945, The Log, volume 40, page 35. From the entry workword
• Being a lover of mathematics, last night when I couldn't sleep, I decided to calculate the tonnage of ice I delivered as a boy.”2013 March 27, Melanie Kloetzel, Carolyn Pavlik, editor, Site Dance: Choreographers and the Lure of Alternative Spaces, University Press…. From the entry literally
• Because the pressure is a steady, controlled flow, the available tonnage of a hydraulic press brake is the same at all points during the downstroke (Figure 1C-9).1988 -, Orville D. Lascoe, Handbook of Fabrication Processes, →ISBN, page 25. From the entry downstrike
• Probably not, in his view, but he believes that the size and tonnage of the container are likely to increase pari passu with the lifting capacity of handling appliances.1963 April, “Beyond the Channel: France: Freight stock of the future”, in Modern Railways, page 269. From the entry container
• Each driver checks the tonnage on his truck; sometimes, though, he either mischecks it or will lose a piece or unload it in the wrong place.1955, Association of American Railroads. Freight Station Section, Proceedings, page 46. From the entry mischeck
• In order to get federal aid in improving the navigatability of the Caloosahatchee river, this city must establish by tonnage figures that there is a need for deeper waterways.1929 October 10, “City Zoning Law Up for Discussion: Council to Decide Fate of Proposed Gas Depot”, in The Fort Myers Press, volume 19…. From the entry navigatability
• When sufficient quantities of these types of freight are not available, cars containing ordinary freight are added as "tonnage fill-outs" to bring the train up to the required minimum tonnage.1937, The Traffic World - Volume 59, page 143. From the entry fill-out

Meaning of tonnage

1. noun The number of tons of water that a floating ship displaces.
2. noun The capacity of a ship's hold etc in units of 100 cubic feet.
3. noun The number of tons of bombs dropped in a particular region over a particular period of time.

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How do you use tonnage in a sentence?

Tonnage is used as a noun. For example: “With her luxurious furnishings and spacious accommodation the Invicta, which is 350-ft. long and has a gross tonnage of 4,178, resembles a small liner.”

What is a short sentence with tonnage?

“Meanwhile, large tonnages of finished steel produced are imported.”

What does tonnage mean?

Tonnage means the number of tons of water that a floating ship displaces.