ton is commonly abbreviated as RT. Informal tons Ton is also used informally, often as slang, to mean a large amount of something. In Britain, a ton is colloquially used to refer to 100 of a given unit. Ton can thus refer to a speed of 100 miles per hour, and is prefixed by an indefinite article, 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" (in some games, e.g. cricket, more commonly called a century); or to a hundred of any other countable figure. In Dutch, when talking about money a ton is used to indicate 100,000. For example a house costing 2 ton would cost 200,000 euros. This convention has been in use since at least the 18th century. In Finnish, is often used as a synonym for 1,000, especially when referring to money. For example, was a 1000-mark banknote, and a popular TV show was called ("ten tons" = 10,000 marks). See also Conversion of units Systems of measurement English units Imperial units United States customary units Gross ton mile References Units of mass Units of volume Customary units of measurement in the United States Imperial units de:Tonne (Einheit) no:Megagram nn:Megagram te:టన్