tonnage

From Old French tonnage

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʌnɪdʒ/

tonnage (countable and uncountable, plural tonnages)

1. The number of tons of water that a floating ship displaces.
2. The capacity of a ship's hold etc in units of 100 cubic feet.
3. The number of tons of bombs dropped in a particular region over a particular period of time.
4. A charge made on each ton of cargo when landed etc.
5. The total shipping of a fleet or nation.

• (charge per ton): cranage, demurrage, shippage, shorage, wharfage

• negaton

Borrowed from Middle French tonnage. Later influenced by English tonnage.

• IPA^(key): /ˌtɔˈnaː.ʒə/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ton‧na‧ge
• Rhymes: -aːʒə

tonnage f (uncountable)

1. tonnage (water displacement of a ship measured in tons)
2. tonnage (cargo capacity of a ship's hold)

• waterverplaatsing