Usually means: Unit of weight, 2000 pounds.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. short tons: Merriam-Webster
  2. short tons: Collins English Dictionary
  3. short tons: Vocabulary.com
  4. short tons: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. short tons: Wiktionary
  6. Short tons: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Short tons: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Abbreviations in shipping (No longer online)
  2. Short tons: Legal dictionary
  3. Short tons: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Short tons: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Short tons: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Short tons: Idioms

(Note: See short_ton as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (short ton)

noun:  A unit of ship capacity or weight equal to 2000 U.S. or avoirdupois pounds, approximately 907 kilograms.
▸ Also see short_ton


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