how to pronounce tonnage

/ˈtʌn.ɪdʒ/

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tonnage is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of tonnage in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… the tonnage agreements in February of …”

meanings of tonnage

noun:

A charge made on each ton of cargo when landed etc.
The capacity of a ship's hold etc in units of 100 cubic feet.
The number of tons of bombs dropped in a particular region over a particular period of time.
The total shipping of a fleet or nation.
The number of tons of water that a floating ship displaces.

tonnage frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word tonnage occurs in english on average 0.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics tonnage can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that tonnage can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;