A Tonnage
<div class="def-set"><span class="def-number"><span class="oneClick-link">1.</span></span>
<div class="def-content"><span class="oneClick-link">the</span> <span class="oneClick-link">capacity</span> <span class="oneClick-link">of</span> <span class="oneClick-link">a</span> <span class="oneClick-link">merchant</span> <span class="oneClick-link">vessel,</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">expressed</span> <span class="oneClick-link">either</span> <span class="oneClick-link">in</span> <span class="oneClick-link">units</span> <span class="oneClick-link">of</span> <span class="oneClick-link">weight,</span><span class="oneClick-link">as</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">deadweight</span> <a class="dbox-xref dbox-roman" href="http://www.dictionary.com/browse/ton">tons</a>, <span class="oneClick-link">or</span> <span class="oneClick-link">of</span> <span class="oneClick-link">volume,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">as</span> <span class="oneClick-link">gross</span> <a class="dbox-xref dbox-roman" href="http://www.dictionary.com/browse/ton">tons</a>.</div>
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<div class="def-set"><span class="def-number"><span class="oneClick-link">2.</span></span>
<div class="def-content"><span class="oneClick-link">ships</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">collectively</span> <span class="oneClick-link">considered</span> <span class="oneClick-link">with</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">reference</span> <span class="oneClick-link">to</span> <span class="oneClick-link">their</span> <span class="oneClick-link">carrying</span> <span class="oneClick-link">capacity</span><span class="oneClick-link">or</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">together</span> <span class="oneClick-link">with</span> <span class="oneClick-link">their</span> <span class="oneClick-link">cargoes.</span></div>
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<div class="def-set"><span class="def-number"><span class="oneClick-link">3.</span></span>
<div class="def-content"><span class="oneClick-link">a</span> <span class="oneClick-link">duty</span> <span class="oneClick-link">on</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">ships</span> <span class="oneClick-link">or</span> <span class="oneClick-link">boats</span> <span class="oneClick-link">at</span> <span class="oneClick-link">so</span> <span class="oneClick-link">much</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">per</span> <a class="dbox-xref dbox-roman" href="http://www.dictionary.com/browse/ton">ton</a> <span class="oneClick-link">of</span> <span class="oneClick-link">cargo</span> <span class="oneClick-link">or</span> <span class="oneClick-link">freight,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">or</span><span class="oneClick-link">according</span> <span class="oneClick-link">to</span> <span class="oneClick-link">the</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">capacity</span> <span class="oneClick-link">in</span> <a class="dbox-xref dbox-roman" href="http://www.dictionary.com/browse/ton">tons</a>.</div>
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