net tonnage

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noun

the taxable gross tonnage of a merchant ship.

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Also called net register tonnage.

Words nearby net tonnage

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How to use net tonnage in a sentence

“Hence, there might be a net benefit, at least to some females, of breeding within the natal group,” the researchers speculate.
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The outcome of the rum feud is critical for both Bacardi and Pernod Ricard, because the winner could net billions in future sales.
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Initially these were individuals “from higher net worth circles,” he says, especially as the site launched with benefit auctions.
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During the recession net immigration to the U.S. from Mexico fell to zero or less.
The Case for More Low-Skill Immigration|Veronique de Rugy|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In contrast, areas 10 to 20 miles away from city hall gained roughly 15 million net residents.
The Progressives’ War on Suburbia|Joel Kotkin|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Specimens were easily collected in a mist net placed across the opening.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
But what if I catch the fish by using a hired boat and a hired net, or by buying worms as bait from some one who has dug them?
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
When it was all over Alila was not too tired to play for awhile with a few locusts he had caught in a net.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
On the way we were greatly excited to see the bladder of an indicator net smoking.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
As a net is full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit: therefore are they become great and enriched.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various