TUNNAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tunnage mean? 

• TUNNAGE (noun)
  The noun TUNNAGE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TUNNAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUNNAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

tonnage; tonnage duty; tunnage

Hypernyms ("tunnage" is a kind of...):

duty; tariff (a government tax on imports or exports)