gross tonnage

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the total volume of a vessel, expressed in units of 100 cubic feet (gross ton ), with certain open structures, deckhouses, tanks, etc., exempted.

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Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

Also called gross register tonnage.

World GDP (including North Pole toyshop gross output) is $84.97 trillion.
Santa Fails One More Time|P. J. O’Rourke|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In its opening weekend the movie Heaven Is For Real (budget: $12 million) doubled its gross.
The Biggest Bombs of 2014: ‘Sex Tape,’ Mariah Carey’s Vocals, ‘How I Met Your Mother’ and More|Kevin Fallon|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The sex workers I spoke with rightly call it “vile,” “gross,” “terrifying,” and “exploitative.”
To Catch a Sex Worker: A&E’s Awful, Exploitative Ambush Show|Samantha Allen|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The film was made with a reported $90 million but imploded with a $39 million domestic gross.
The Biggest Bombs of 2014: ‘Sex Tape,’ Mariah Carey’s Vocals, ‘How I Met Your Mother’ and More|Kevin Fallon|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Insult to injury, its $43 million gross was less than one-fifth of what Ted took in.
The Biggest Bombs of 2014: ‘Sex Tape,’ Mariah Carey’s Vocals, ‘How I Met Your Mother’ and More|Kevin Fallon|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Life is represented as struggling to free herself from the gross earthly forms that cling to her.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
Does a friend come and add to the gross character of such a man the unknown trait of disgusting gluttony?
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper
All these gross absurdities show, that the real spirit has nothing whatever to do with such absurd doctrines or productions.
Second Edition of A Discovery Concerning Ghosts|George Cruikshank
The tonnage entered in Philippine ports shows a rapid annual increase in five years.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
When the hern or bitron flies low, the air is gross, and thickening into showers.
Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853|Various