square foot

[skwair foot]

noun

plural

square feet 

1. a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one foot on each side; 0.0929 square meters. ft 2 , sq. ft.

Word History and Origins

Origin of square foot¹

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

The national average asking rent was $10.10 a square foot in the third quarter, flat from the preceding three months and up 1.7% from the same period a year earlier, according to Cushman.

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Meanwhile, Palisades homeowners have received reconstruction cost estimates under $400 a square foot from State Farm, he alleged, when other insurers are issuing estimates of $800 to $1,200 per square foot.

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Under his leadership, the university attracted new tenants and created initiatives at its 1.2-million square foot Science, Technology and Advanced Research campus.

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Building a publicly funded project in California costs more than 2.5 times more per square foot than in both Texas and Colorado, a recent report from the Rand Institute found.

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The new 250,000 square foot factory in Houston, Texas, is set to produce servers that were "previously manufactured outside the US" to support Apple Intelligence, the company's AI system, the company said.

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