square foot

collocation in English

meaningsofsquareandfoot

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square
adjective
uk
/skweər/
us
/skwer/
having the shape of ...
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foot
noun
uk
/fʊt/
us
/fʊt/
the part of the body at the bottom of the leg on which a person or ...
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(Definition ofsquareandfootfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsquare foot

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The whole set of computer processors will work together in a single 2,000squarefootmachine.
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It was drama with more imagination to thesquarefootthan anything we see today.
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Although agricultural schemes and new buildings are expensive, horticultural buildings, reckonedsquarefootbysquarefoot, are much more expensive.
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Was it so much persquarefoot?
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The highest assessed charge persquarefootis £19.61.
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The cost persquarefootworks out considerably higher.
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He suggested rents as low as 50p asquarefoot.
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The average rateable value persquarefootis £8·76.
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That is £40 for everysquarefootthat one uses.
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They increased the rent from $1,000 persquarefootto $3,000 persquarefoot.
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It includes a 17,500squarefootskate bowl and a 25,000squarefootskate plaza.
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At street level, there were roadways and loading bays for lorries and carts; at first floor, terminus platforms; and, over this, a 158,000squarefootwarehouse.
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The value of most houses now is probably £30 plus persquarefoot.
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A price of 25p or 50p asquarefootwould be realistic.
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The rate persquarefootwas therefore much higher in the new houses.
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In these circumstances an average rental persquarefootwould have little meaning.
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A rent of £5 to £6 asquarefootis quoted.
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However, every inch is cultivated and everysquarefootis terraced.
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The site when cleared will be sold to the housing authority at $8 asquarefoot.
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I am now told that in some places the cost is £60 persquarefoot.
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It is so much persquarefootfor a given type of hereditament.
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I have been checking the cost persquarefootof space outside the palace.
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The rental value would then be not £x but £3x, £4x or £5x persquarefoot.
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At least they talked about the numbers of birds persquarefoot, and so on.
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Factory space is always assessed for selling purposes by thesquarefoot.
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