frontage

frontage
/frun"tij/, n.
1. the front of a building or lot.
2. the lineal extent of this front: a frontage of 200 feet.
3. the direction it faces: The house has an ocean frontage.
4. land abutting on a river, street, etc.: He was willing to pay the higher cost of a lake frontage.
5. the land between a building and the street, a body of water, etc.: He complained that the new sidewalk would decrease his frontage.
[1615-25; FRONT + -AGE]

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