Acreage
Acreage
Acreage (pronounced: /ˈeɪ.kər.ɪdʒ/) is a term used in various fields, including real estate, agriculture, and land management. It refers to the measure of land area in acres. The term is derived from the Old English word 'æcer', which means 'field' or 'open land'.
Etymology
The term 'acreage' is a combination of 'acre', an Old English unit of land area, and the suffix '-age', which denotes an action or a resulting state. The Old English 'æcer' is derived from the Proto-Germanic '*akraz', meaning 'field', 'pasture', or 'open land'. The '-age' suffix comes from the Latin '-aticum', which is used to form nouns from other nouns or adjectives.
Related Terms
- Acre: A unit of land area used in the imperial and U.S. customary systems. It is traditionally defined as the area of one chain by one furlong (66 by 660 feet), which is exactly equal to 10 square chains, 1⁄640 of a square mile, or 43,560 square feet, and approximately 4,047 m², or about 40% of a hectare.
- Hectare: A metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres, and primarily used in the measurement of land.
- Square footage: The area of a space measured in feet. It is often used in architecture, real estate, and interior space plans.
- Land lot: A piece of land owned or meant to be owned by some owner(s). A lot is essentially considered a parcel of real property in some countries or immovable property (meaning practically the same thing) in other countries.
- Real estate: Property consisting of land or buildings. It includes the air rights above the land and the underground rights below the land.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Acreage
- Wikipedia's article - Acreage
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