register tonnage

Save This Word!

noun Nautical.

the volume of a vessel, especially the net tonnage as measured officially and registered for purposes of taxation.

QUIZ

CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?

There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?

Question 1 of 7

Which sentence is correct?

His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of register tonnage

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby register tonnage

Registered Trademark, register mark, register office, register of wills, register ton, register tonnage, registrant, registrar, registrate, registration, registration document

How to use register tonnage in a sentence

Annie Lee Cooper, well played by Winfrey, is shown trying but failing to register to vote.
Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’|Gary May|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Many dance instructors register their classes at gyms and teach women or men (separately) under the name of aerobics.
Iran’s Becoming a Footloose Nation as Dance Lessons Spread|IranWire|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Nor are we told that she lost her job at a local nursing home after she tried to register to vote in 1964.
Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’|Gary May|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“They refused to register a case, saying the matter is out of their hands,” he told me.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Even the valor of tragedy is denied to Daisy, “a woman born with a voice that lacks a tragic register.”
Carol Shields’s Tale Of Secondhand Life|Nathaniel Rich|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Girls are just like cats; they all like to mope around the register or the steam radiator in cold weather.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
The tonnage entered in Philippine ports shows a rapid annual increase in five years.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Old and new measurements, tonnage, time allowances and movable ballast, are all a sealed book to me.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3)|Charles James Wills
He scrutinized the register, and found, to his satisfaction, that a Mr. Bowman of Boston was occupying room 106.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland
You file some papers, you collate some register, you sign your name or your initials to some documents.
The 'Characters' of Jean de La Bruyre|Jean de La Bruyre