dwt

¹ American  

1. deadweight tonnage; deadweight tons.

2. pennyweight; pennyweights.

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DWT ² American  

1. driving while texting: often used as an official police abbreviation.

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DWT ³ American  

1. deadweight tonnage; deadweight tons.

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d.w.t. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. deadweight tonnage; deadweight tons.

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dwt British  

abbreviation

1. deadweight tonnage

2. Also: dwt.  obsolete pennyweight

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Etymology

Origin of DWT

On the model of DWI

Example Sentences

Yoruk Isik, head of the Bosphorus Observer consultancy, identified the vessel as Kmax Ruler, 92,000 dwt.

From Reuters • Nov. 9, 2023

A pirate on board the vessel told Reuters earlier they were expecting to receive $3 million for the Marshall Islands-flagged 23,709 dwt cargo ship, which was seized in November.

From Reuters • Feb. 1, 2010

According to the accounts of Neale, then master and warden of the Mint, 4,695,303 dwt.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur

G. R. M. The brass token in question is a weight for weighing half-guineas; the coinage weights of which were 2 dwt.

From Notes and Queries, Number 66, February 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

Deo volente=God willing, If God will. d.v.p., decessit vita patris=Died in his father's life-time. dwt.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various