net ton
- noun
- /nɛt tʌn/
- Specialized
:
tonelada neta
- The cargo ship was registered at over 50,000 net tons, allowing it to carry more freight.
Examples
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For ships less than 14,000 net tons, tonnage taxes are $0.40 per net ton.
Academic text (2016) -
For ships less than 14,000 net tons, tonnage taxes are $0.40 per net ton.
Academic text (2016) -
For ships of 14,000 or more net tons, tonnage taxes are $0.10 per net ton, plus a flat annual fee of $3,800.
Academic text (2016) -
For ships of 14,000 or more net tons, tonnage taxes are $0.10 per net ton, plus a flat annual fee of $3,800.
Academic text (2016) -
The Associated Press (2012) recently reported that Norfolk Southern has loaded and shipped its largest volume cargo in the 50-year history of its pier facility at Lamberts Point by loading 160,000 net tons of metallurgical coal with a destination of China.
Academic text (2012) -
Last year, the factory produced 10,000 net tons of recycled steel, contributing to sustainability efforts.
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After weighing the shipment, we confirmed it was 25 net tons, meeting the delivery specifications.
Synonyms
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1.0
An American measure of weight equal to 2,000 pounds
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4.1
A unit of weight used in the United States equal to 2,000 pounds, about 907 kilograms
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward adjective+noun composition: 'net' (after deductions) modifies the unit 'ton', so the phrase denotes a ton measured as net weight. The compositional pattern (adjective specifying a quantity type) is cross-linguistically common and should be directly understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Net ton may come from the idea of weighing only the goods, not the container: the net (true) weight of a ton. So a net ton means the real weight of the goods, and in the United States this is the common 2,000-pound 'short ton'.