ACREAGE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of acreage in English acreagenoun [ C or U ] uk /ˈeɪ.kər.ɪdʒ/ us /ˈeɪ.kɚ.ɪdʒ/ Add to word list Add to word list the size of an area of land in acres (= a unit for measuring area, equal to 4,047 square metres or 4,840 square yards), or an area of land that can be measured in acres: What acreage is her estate? It was a huge farm with substantial acreage. See acre

• One third of the acreage is parkland.
• These chemicals pose a risk to non-target organisms, especially when applied to vast acreages.
• Waterfront acreage appreciates at one and a half times the rate of other property.

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acreage | Business English

acreagenoun [ C or U ]   MEASURES uk /ˈeɪkərɪdʒ/ us /-kɚ-/ Add to word list Add to word list an area of land measured in acres: expand/increase/reduce an acreage The company has increased its corn acreage by 10% due to the demand for ethanol. (Definition of acreage from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of acreage

acreage For all farm categories, current acreage increased from 5 years in the past, and farmers predicted further increases in the future. From the Cambridge English Corpus In the fifteenth century, when yield ratios were relatively low, the only practical way to generate more income was to accumulate additional acreage. From the Cambridge English Corpus Consequently, producers may be able to produce at lower costs by spreading fixed costs over greater acreage. From the Cambridge English Corpus Farmers that produce commodity grain crops are highly invested in this conventional system through equipment and increased acreage costs, and often through tradition and know-how. From the Cambridge English Corpus Within that contracted sector, cotton has lost much acreage to new crops. From the Cambridge English Corpus The farmers in our study area, as is common in areas irrigated by electric pumps with free or fixed power cost, use acreage-based water rates. From the Cambridge English Corpus For similar reasons parents classified as farmers with a very small acreage and with no employees were classified as manual workers. From the Cambridge English Corpus Farmers received direct payments based on their historic production (acreage and yields) rather than their current production10. From the Cambridge English Corpus A large part of their acreage was irrigated to ensure their production would meet the quality demands of their buyers. From the Cambridge English Corpus Some registers have entries about landowning, such as the acreage held and the location of household plots, but many registers do not. From the Cambridge English Corpus Obviously, non-participating growers thought that the benefits from extending acreage exceeded the gains that would come following restriction. From the Cambridge English Corpus This is why the annual acreage of damaged crops range in grade 'serious' overlaps with grade 'moderate'. From the Cambridge English Corpus The situation is exacerbated as maize, the dominant crop by acreage, is planted over a period of three months. From the Cambridge English Corpus Note the three columns "acreage," "condition," and "production," the three main variables of the agricultural statisticians. From the Cambridge English Corpus If we compare their respective acreage of productive land, we find that this was related in the proportion of roughly 1:1:2. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of acreage These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of acreage?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 以英畝計的土地… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 以英亩计的土地… See more in Spanish superficie, área… See more in Portuguese tamanho em acres, área, superfície… See more Need a translator?

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