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• dwt
  dwt

  deadweight tonnage; deadweight tons.
• DWT
  DWT

  driving while texting: often used as an official police abbreviation.
• d.w.t.
  d.w.t.

  abbreviation

  deadweight tonnage; deadweight tons.

dwt

¹ American  

1. deadweight tonnage; deadweight tons.

2. pennyweight; pennyweights.

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DWT ² American  

1. driving while texting: often used as an official police abbreviation.

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DWT ³ American  

1. deadweight tonnage; deadweight tons.

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d.w.t. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. deadweight tonnage; deadweight tons.

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dwt British  

abbreviation

1. deadweight tonnage

2. Also: dwt. obsolete pennyweight

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Etymology

Origin of DWT

On the model of DWI

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Example Sentences

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dwt DWT d.w.t.

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

Forage.Weight in the wet stateWeight in the dry stateElementary Matter in the Food.Carbon.Hydrogen.Oxygen.Azote.Salts and Earths. lb. lb. oz. lb. oz. lb. oz. dwt. lb. oz. dwt. lb. oz. dwt. lb. oz. dwt.

From Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. by Richard L. Allen

There Moses speaks of "the land of Havilah, where there is gold"; and in Genesis, chapter xxiv., we read that Abraham's servant gave Rebekah an earring of half a shekel weight, say 5 dwt.

From Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students by J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Frances) Johnson

G. R. M. The brass token in question is a weight for weighing half-guineas; the coinage weights of which were 2 dwt.

From Notes and Queries, Number 66, February 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell

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

Both CWT and DWT offer rapid advice if the animals are causing "unwanted impacts".

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

DWT carries out a quarterly biodiversity survey on the farm where 200 milking cows are 100% pasture-fed and provide about a quarter of the milk yield of an industrial herd.

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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