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metric ton — ➔ ton * * * metric ton UK US noun [C] (also tonne) ► MEASURES a unit of weight equal to 1,000 kilograms or about 2,205 pounds: »Prices for this type of coal have spiked to around $150 per metric ton. → Compare LONG TON( … Financial and business terms
metric ton — UK / US or metric tonne UK / US noun [countable] Word forms metric ton : singular metric ton plural metric tons a unit for measuring weight, containing 1000 kilograms … English dictionary
metric ton — metric tons N COUNT: num N, oft N of n A metric ton is 1,000 kilograms. The Wall Street Journal uses 220,000 metric tons of newsprint each year... The Customs Service seized 27.2 metric tons of cocaine in 1986 … English dictionary
metric ton — n. a unit of weight, equal to 1,000 kilograms (2,204.623 pounds avoirdupois or 1.1023 short ton or 0.9842 long ton) … English World dictionary
metric ton — (also metric tonne) ► NOUN ▪ a unit of weight equal to 1,000 kilograms (2,205 lb) … English terms dictionary
Metric ton — Met ric ton A weight of 1,000 kilograms, or 2,204.6 pounds avoirdupois. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
metric ton — n a unit for measuring weight, equal to 1000 kilograms … Dictionary of contemporary English
metric ton — noun count a unit for measuring weight, containing 1000 kilograms … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
metric ton — noun a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms • Syn: ↑MT, ↑tonne, ↑t • Hypernyms: ↑metric weight unit, ↑weight unit • Part Meronyms: ↑quintal * * * noun … Useful english dictionary
metric ton — MT MT n. A {metric ton}, a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms. [abbr.] Syn: metric ton, tonne, t. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
