2007-08-21 05:37:49 · 19 answers · asked by Jo-Anne F 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
ton = commonly one hundred pounds (£100). Not generally pluralised.
From the fact that a ton is a measurement of 100 cubic feet of capacity (for storage, loading, etc).
In the same way a ton is also slang for 100 runs in cricket, or a speed of 100 miles per hour.
Logically 'half a ton' is slang for £50.
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In Britain, ton is colloquially used to refer to 100 of a given unit.
Ton can thus refer to the speed of motor vehicles, namely to the speed of 100 miles per hour e.g. "Lee was doing a ton down the motorway",
to money e.g. "How much did you pay for that?"
"A ton" (=£100), to 100 points in a game e.g. "Eric just threw a ton in our darts game" or to a hundred of pretty much anything else.
2007-08-21 07:09:29 · answer #1 · answered by Rod Mac 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Ton 100
2016-12-18 07:13:23 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ton = commonly one hundred pounds (£100). Not generally pluralised. From the fact that a ton is a measurement of 100 cubic feet of capacity (for storage, loading, etc). In the same way a ton is also slang for 100 runs in cricket, or a speed of 100 miles per hour. Logically 'half a ton' is slang for £50.
Still doesnt make sense!
2007-08-21 05:51:21 · answer #3 · answered by hiddenmyname 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
100 runs in cricket is a ton.100 years old you reach your ton.A hundred miles an hour in a car is called a ton.A hundred of most things is a ton, except weight.. Don't know why... All just common usage I suppose.
2007-08-21 05:48:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its slang..100 pound is often referred to as a ton also doing 100mph is called doing a ton..dont know where the phrasing comes from though..
2007-08-21 05:53:39 · answer #5 · answered by glennyswiggin 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think it comes from the shipping days, 1 ton is a unit of internal capacity of ships, equal to 100 cubic feet, also known as a register ton, there is no dumb about it
2007-08-21 05:47:22 · answer #6 · answered by alex 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because 100 weight is a ton
so we call 100 pounds a ton
just slang for £100 quid
2007-08-21 05:47:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
An elephant did a ton on the M4 today...we're treating it a a roundabout
2016-04-29 08:52:29 · answer #8 · answered by Bill M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A metric ton is 1000 kg.
£100 is a currency amount isn't it?
2007-08-21 05:50:47 · answer #9 · answered by gebobs 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
For the dumb yanks around here who think British = dumb, why do the yanks call 1000 a grand. It's the same thing - it is a colloquialism.
2007-08-21 05:50:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋