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Definition of Acreage
1. Noun. An area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming). "He wanted some acreage to build on"
Definition of Acreage
1. n. Acres collectively; as, the acreage of a farm or a country.
Definition of Acreage
1. Noun. Size, as measured in acres. ¹
2. Noun. An area of land measured in acres. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acreage
1. area in acres [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acreage
Literary usage of Acreage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"The following table shows a rapid development from 1850 up to that time, and
gives the total farm acreage, the improved farm acreage and the wheat acreage ..."
2. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1870)
"The acreage under wheat in Great Britain shows an advance in 1869 over 1868 of
3 6,2 3 2 ... Oats have not varied much in acreage in the last three years, ..."
3. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1912)
"Official rept on the acreage and condition of crops. Burean [for May]. ....
July 1 acreage and condition of corn and 19 pp. potatoes and of other crops and ..."
4. The Real Japanese Question by Kiyoshi Karl Kawakami (1921)
"Figures for total acreage are obtained from the official reports of the State
... The percentage of Japanese acreage is very small in such farming as grain ..."
5. ... The Influence of Farm Machinery on Production and Labor by Hadly Windfield Quaintance (1904)
"Cereal Cereal State cro(, acreage. crop value. acreage, of total Value, of total
Per cent Per cent Illinois 80.4 77.6 Iowa . 76.3 76.9 Kansas 72.5 74.2 ..."
6. The Japanese Problem in the United States: An Investigation for the by Harry Alvin Millis (1915)
"These Census figures relating to the number and acreage of farms are considerably
smaller than those reported in the Japanese-American Yearbook, ..."
7. Report of the Commissioner of Corporations on Cotton Exchanges by United States Bureau of Corporations, Herbert Knox Smith (1908)
"Moreover, the acreage planted in the latter year was considerably smaller than
that for any other season included in the table. This reduction of roughly ..."
8. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Since 1851 the acreage under grass has been gradually but uninterruptedly increasing
... But in addition to this stated increase of acreage under grass, ..."
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