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Definition of "tonne" []

  • A metric ton. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "tonne" in a sentence
  • "Each metric tonne is 1000 kilograms, or about 1.3 US tons (about 2600 pounds)."
  • "Kosyuk says the jump in grain prices will have hit rival meat producers harder: "My cost per tonne is stable because I am fully self-sufficient in grain, but it will have had a bigger effect on my competitors, especially those who produce pork and beef, because the price of grain is more important to them.""
  • "'Even if a production of 240 million tonnes is estimated for 2008-09, the total increase since 2002-03 is only 65.22 million tonnes, which at current import price of wheat at$300 per million tonne translates into Rs. 88,047 crore (Rs. 880.47 billion) only,' says the document, a copy of which is with IANS."