Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tonnage duty

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables
ton-nage -du-ty
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship

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What does tonnage duty mean?
a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship

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