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1 a: a unit of internal capacity for ships equal to 100 cubic feet —called also register ton b: a unit approximately equal to the volume of a long ton weight of seawater used in reckoning the displacement of ships and equal to 35 cubic feet c: a unit of volume for cargo freight usually reckoned at 40 cubic feet —called also measurement ton2: any of various units of weight: a
— see weight table b: metric ton 3: a great quantity : lot <ate tons of cookies> <has tons of money> <a ton of work to do>
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