register ton

American  

noun

1. ton16

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register ton British  

noun

1. the full name for ton 1

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Etymology

Origin of register ton

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

The tonnage duty on foreign vessels is 12 rials, or $1.50, per register ton.

From History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time by Ballou, Maturin Murray