Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

agate line

American  

noun

  1. a measure of advertising space, 1/14 (0.0714) of an inch deep and one column wide.

Etymology

Origin of agate line

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Marble halls have been celebrated in song, but the furnished room we have with us always at three cents per agate line.

From Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It by Hurst, Fannie

At fifty cents per agate line Kind editors will buy your verse; They'll make you swear that you resign All claims, for better or for worse.

From Songs for a Little House by Morley, Christopher

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.