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ton mileage

ton mileage noun: the total ton miles achieved by a freight carrier in a given period.

Noun

ton mileage (countable and uncountable, plural ton mileages)

  1. The total ton miles achieved by a freight carrier in a given period.
    • In 1929, the most prosperous year before the war, the combined freight ton-mileage of the six railways then operating was 26,000m, but it dropped to 16,000m in 1938, partly because of the growth of road transport and partly because of some industrial recession, due largely to the international...1963 September, “French Railways' quarter-century of expansion”, in Modern Railways, page 189

Forms of ton mileage

pluralton mileages
alternative formton-mileage

Questions about ton mileage

What does ton mileage mean?
Ton mileage means the total ton miles achieved by a freight carrier in a given period.
What part of speech is ton mileage?
Ton mileage is a noun.
What is the plural of ton mileage?
The plural of ton mileage is ton mileages.

Words near ton mileage in the dictionary

  1. Tomzhang
  2. Tomé
  3. Tomșani
  4. ton
  5. ton mile
  6. ton mileage
  7. ton mileages
  8. ton miles
  9. ton of refrigeration
  10. ton of TNT
  11. Ton Pentre

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