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short ton

British  

noun

  1. the full name for ton 1

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Costs of urea, a nitrogen fertilizer, rose nearly 30 percent per short ton between the week of February 27 and the week of March 6, she said.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

The average weekly spot price for Central Appalachia coal, for example, was at $79 per short ton for the week ended Oct.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 15, 2025

For example, the current price for Midwest Domestic Hot-Rolled Coil Steel is $916 per short ton — but futures prices imply that will fall to $759 by December of 2019.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2018

On steel, the Midwest price for hot-rolled coil — a common steel product that is used in furniture, car bodies and appliances — was $661 per short ton, or 2,000 pounds.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2018

If we were to translate these into English lingual equivalents of one ounce per hundredweight, then the value would be 17.9 ounces per short ton.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

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