| NOUN | quantity | net ton, short ton, ton | a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds |
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| Meaning | A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds. | |
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| Synonyms | short ton, ton | |
| Part of | kiloton | One thousand tons |
| Parts | hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal | A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds |
| Broader | avoirdupois unit | Any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights |
| Spanish | tonelada | |
| Catalan | tona | |
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