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  1. noun A unit of weight equal to 2,000 pounds (0.907 metric ton or 907.18 kilograms). Also called net ton, short ton.
  2. noun A unit of weight equal to 2,240 pounds (1.016 metric tons or 1,016.05 kilograms). Also called long ton.
  3. noun A metric ton. See Table at measurement.
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  • "Because, my dear, if the ton is already in town then there's no reason not to steal a march on those who have planned their entertainments to coincide with the usual start of festivities and already sent out their invitations." —  A Lady of Expectations
  • Most of the highest in the ton are also the largest landholders in England and I can assure you they're not the least apologetic for the fact. —  A Lady of Expectations
  • "If you survive that far, I don't suppose it would hurt to talk to her afterwards-but no more than fifteen minutes Wooing a young lady in the ton is the very devil," Ned declared. —  A Lady of Expectations
  • The admiring attention of the ton is yours before they even meet you. —  mb_body.htm
  • Two spare batteries weighing a ton were the heaviest items in my toolbag, nearly, but I couldn't risk working blind for a single second. —  The Vatican Rip-Jonathan Gash- Lovejoy 05
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  1. Middle English tonne, a measure of weight; see tun.

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  1. A form of tun, phonetically archaic, retained in designations of measure prob. by reason of its use in statutes, where the F. and Middle Latin forms are usually favored: see tun.
  2. from French ton, tone: see tone. Hence tonnish.
 

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