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
As a weight amongst the Greeks it was about 2 dwt.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
Near it was found a golden neck-ornament, weighing 2 dwt.
From Anglo-Saxon Literature by Earle, John
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
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