ton — meaning in English

English meaning

• ton noun A unit of weight — roughly 907 kg (short ton, US), 1016 kg (long ton, UK), or exactly 1000 kg (metric tonne).
• value noun How much something is worth, in money or importance.

Senses

ton is used for these senses in English:

• metric ton (chiefly, _, US) A unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms, about 2204.6 pounds avoirdupois.
• ton Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun, particularly:
• value (arts) The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.

ton — full definition

1. noun A unit of weight — roughly 907 kg (short ton, US), 1016 kg (long ton, UK), or exactly 1000 kg (metric tonne).
2. noun Informal: a huge or overwhelming amount of something.

value — full definition

1. noun How much something is worth, in money or importance.
2. noun A person's principles or standards regarding what matters in life (usually plural: "values").
3. verb To think highly of; to consider important.
4. verb To estimate the monetary worth of something.

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