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footage

footage

20 7.0
A price charged for each foot of work or material
  • noun
  • /ˈfʊtɪdʒ/
  • Jargon
translation icon : medida en pies
  • square footage
  • footage per child

Examples

  • We often lose much of the freedom and we think that now by buying more square footage, maybe that will give me more freedom.

  • Our firm was able to double its footage at half the rent recently.

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  • Three other buildings bring the total square footage of the new project to 2.5 million square feet.

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  • Both of the studies discussed here suggest that square footage should be considered when houses are assigned to a class.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Commercial real estate may be measured by its usable square footage, which is where business would occur.

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  • Girls' reading scores dropped as classroom square footage per child decreased, while boys' reading scores remained unaffected.

    Academic text (2004)
  • The contractor explained that the cost of the project would depend on the footage of materials used.

  • We need to measure the footage of the new flooring to ensure it fits the entire room.

  • Calculating the footage of the walls will help us determine how much paint we need.

Surface Forms

footage singular
footages plural

Morphology

footage = foot (transparent) = foot + age

This sense is a direct nominal formation meaning an amount or calculation by feet, so the connection to 'foot' and '-age' is straightforward.

Etymology

Footage in construction and trade comes from measuring material by the foot, so 'footage' is the length in feet used and often the price that follows from that length.