Ton vs. Tonnage: What's the Difference?

A unit of weight equal to 2,000 pounds (0.907 metric ton or 907.18 kilograms). Also called net ton, short ton.

The number of tons of water that a ship displaces when afloat.

A unit of weight equal to 2,240 pounds (1.016 metric tons or 1,016.05 kilograms). Also called long ton.

The capacity of a merchant ship, often measured in units of 100 cubic feet.

A metric ton. See Table at measurement.

A duty or charge per ton on cargo, as at a port or canal.

A unit of capacity for cargo in maritime shipping, normally estimated at 40 cubic feet.

The total shipping of a country or port, figured in tons, with reference to carrying capacity.

A unit of internal capacity of a ship equal to 100 cubic feet.

Weight measured in tons.

A unit for measuring the displacement of ships, equal to 35 cubic feet, and supposed to equal the volume taken by a long ton of seawater.

The number of tons of water that a floating ship displaces.

A large extent, amount, or number

The capacity of a ship's hold etc in units of 100 cubic feet.

Used adverbially with a or in the plural to mean "to a great degree or extent" or "frequently"

The number of tons of bombs dropped in a particular region over a particular period of time.

A unit of weight (mass) equal to 2240 pounds (a long ton) or 2000 pounds (a short ton) or 1000 kilograms (a metric ton).

A charge made on each ton of cargo when landed etc.

A unit of volume; register ton.

The total shipping of a fleet or nation.

In refrigeration and air conditioning, a unit of thermal power defined as 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.514 kW or 3024 kcal/h), originally the rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of one short ton of ice per day at 32 °F (0 °C).

The weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship.

A large amount.

A duty or impost on vessels, estimated per ton, or, a duty, toll, or rate payable on goods per ton transported on canals.

(slang) A speed of 100 mph.

The whole amount of shipping estimated by tons; as, the tonnage of the United States. See Ton.

One hundred pounds sterling.

A tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship

(cricket) One hundred runs.

One hundred points scored.

Fashion, the current style, the vogue.

Fashionable society; those in style.

The common tunny, or horse mackerel.

The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton.

A measure of weight or quantity.

The weight of twenty hundredweight.

Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden.

A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc.

A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds

A British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds