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Definition of tonnage noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

tonnage

noun

NAmE//ˈtʌnɪdʒ//

[uncountable, countable]

1the size of a ship or the amount it can carry, expressed in tons

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2the total amount that something weighs the total tonnage of bombs dropped in the war

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