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(transport, aviation) tons of carrying capacity multiplied by miles travelled.
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(nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.
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A measure equal to five cubic feet, used in estimating capacity, as of a vessel for freight.
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(nautical) Any ocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship) designed to carry unpackaged bulk cargo, such as grains, coal, ore, steel coils and cement, in its holds.
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(obsolete or historical, nautical) The tonnage of a ship based on the number of tuns of wine that it could carry in its holds.
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(Papua New Guinea) Western material goods.
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(nautical) A hold on a ship (a ship's hold includes the forehold and stern hold), used to store cargo during a voyage.
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(uncommon, historical) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.
adj
(British spelling) Of freight, packed in a container for transport.
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(object-oriented programming) The conceptual containment of one object inside another.
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(nautical) A long ton (2,2240 pounds), as used to measure of a ship's carrying capacity, including bunker oil, fresh water, ballast water, crew, and provisions.
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(nautical) A unit approximately equal to the volume of a long ton weight of seawater, used in reckoning the displacement of ships, and equal to 35 U.S. or Imperial cubic feet.
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(nautical) Material used to fill space and prevent goods from moving about during transport; dunnage.
v
To transport by flatbed.
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A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in raising one ton against the force of gravity through the height of one foot.
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Any vehicle, such as a cart, wagon, lorry, truck, or boxcar, used for carrying or transporting goods; a cargo truck.
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(nautical, obsolete) A measure of the total enclosed volume of a ship, equal to 100 cubic feet or 2.83 m³.
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(dialect, historical) A smaller vessel, often graduated for volume, used by traditional grocers for measuring goods such as sugar or rice from bulk to retailable quantities; a piggin.
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(obsolete) An old English (and Dutch) measure of the carrying capacity of a ship, equal to two tons.
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To transfer (cargo or passengers) to or from a ship by means of a lighter or other small vessel.
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A unit of volume for cargo freight usually reckoned at 40 U.S. or Imperial cubic feet.
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(nautical, obsolete) A measure of the cargo capacity of a ship, equal to 100 cubic feet or 2.83 m³.
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(uncountable) Porters regarded collectively.
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(nautical, obsolete) A unit of a ship's capacity equal to 100 cubic feet or 2.83 m³.
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A unit of ship capacity or weight equal to 2,000 U.S. or Imperial pounds.
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twenty-foot equivalent unit - a measure used in container shipping
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The capacity of a ship's hold etc in units of 100 cubic feet.
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(US) A quantity sufficient to fill the trunk of a car
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A weight of 2,240 pounds.
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Alternative form of tonnage [The number of tons of water that a floating ship displaces.]
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