ton

ton. A measure of weight fixed at either 2,000 pounds avoirdupois or 20 hundredweights, each hundredweight being 112 pounds avoirdupois. [Cases: Weights and Measures

3. C.J.S. Weights and Measures § 3.]

long ton. Twenty long hundredweight (2,240 pounds), or 1.016 metric tons.

short ton. Twenty short hundredweight (2,000 pounds), or 0.907 metric tons.

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