dwt
deadweight tonnage; deadweight tons.
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deadweight tonnage
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Also: dwt. obsolete pennyweight
Etymology
Origin of DWT
On the model of DWI
Example Sentences
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Yoruk Isik, head of the Bosphorus Observer consultancy, identified the vessel as Kmax Ruler, 92,000 dwt.
From Reuters ● Nov. 9, 2023
A pirate on board the vessel told Reuters earlier they were expecting to receive $3 million for the Marshall Islands-flagged 23,709 dwt cargo ship, which was seized in November.
From Reuters ● Feb. 1, 2010
Deo volente=God willing, If God will. d.v.p., decessit vita patris=Died in his father's life-time. dwt.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
According to the accounts of Neale, then master and warden of the Mint, 4,695,303 dwt.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur
Near it was found a golden neck-ornament, weighing 2 dwt.
From Anglo-Saxon Literature by Earle, John
Flows from east to west, toward the Americas and Europe, are around 77 million DWT.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
That is compared with 64 million DWT and 63.6 million DWT, respectively, in the week ended March 6, the first full week after the start of the war.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
Emily Newton, landowner liaison officer at DWT, said the bird, which is the size of a house sparrow and "very secretive and shy", was spotted on the farm a couple of months ago.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2022
Nationally, its population has fallen by 83% since 1970 and there are only 12 breeding pairs in Dorset, the DWT said.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2022
Full disclosure: DWT has long represented The Seattle Times and Microsoft supports several of its journalism initiatives, but neither pitched this story to me and I’d be enthusiastic about ProJourn regardless.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
The total tonnage for all 25 will be 1,234,530 d.w.t.
From Time Magazine Archive
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