- a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton, or net ton ) in the United States and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton ) in Great Britain.
- a unit of volume for freight that weighs one ton, varying with the type of freight measured, as 40 cubic feet of oak timber or 20 bushels of wheat.
- metric ton.
- displacement ton.
- a unit of volume used in transportation by sea, commonly equal to 40 cubic feet (1.13 cu. m) (shipping ton, or measurement ton ).
- a unit of internal capacity of ships, equal to 100 cubic feet (2.83 cu. m) (register ton ).
- a great quantity; a lot: a ton of jokes;tons of wedding presents.
- a speed of 100 miles per hour.
- high fashion; stylishness.
- the current fashion, style, or vogue.
- fashionable society.
- a suffix formerly used to form nouns from adjectives: simpleton; singleton.
- a unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 1016.046909 kilograms
- a unit of weight equal to 2000 pounds or 907.184 kilograms
- a unit of weight equal to 1000 kilograms
- a unit of volume or weight used for charging or measuring freight in shipping. It depends on the type of material being shipped but is often taken as 40 cubic feet, 1 cubic metre, or 1000 kilograms
- a unit of volume used in shipping freight, equal to 40 cubic feet, irrespective of the commodity shipped
- a unit used for measuring the displacement of a ship, equal to 35 cubic feet of sea water or 2240 pounds
- a unit of internal capacity of ships equal to 100 cubic feet
- style, fashion, or distinction
- a score or achievement of a hundred, esp a hundred miles per hour, as on a motorcycle
