acreage

noun

acre·​age ˈā-k(ə-)rij 

: area in acres : acres

Examples of acreage in a Sentence

A large portion of the park's acreage is forest.

Recent Examples on the Web

Private schools and businesses have money and badly need scarce South Florida acreage. — Austin Horn october 1, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

Abraham Lincoln received two parcels of federal acreage for serving less than three months in the Black Hawk War of 1832. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

In 2025, the remaining acreage was sold to Blueprint Data Centers’ parent company for $10 million, city officials said. — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

Facilities grew outward, spreading across vast acreage to house rows of standard x86 servers. — Kevin Brown, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Word History

Etymology

acre + -age

First Known Use

circa 1784, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

acreage

noun

acre·​age ˈā-k(ə-)rij 

: area in acres