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. Compare running foot ( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of square foot¹

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

Police said the fire was approximately one square foot in size and was made up of garbage and shrubbery from the hospital.

From Los Angeles Times

At $200 million, the county would get the Gas Company Tower for about $137 a square foot, still a bargain by historical standards.

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The need is so great, they’re having a hard time keeping up with demand as businesses in search of secure spots for their servers rent nearly every square foot that becomes available.

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Occasionally, the mansion shows signs of life, albeit not the kind the neighbors would like to see, as strangers camp out in the husk of the nearly 9,000 square foot structure.

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Using that information, reporters built a database that contained 133 deals from California and included average asking rents per square foot for vacant units at the properties and their surrounding submarkets.

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