footfall

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the sound of a person's footsteps, or a single step making such a sound

   A heavy footfall sounded in the corridor outside her room.

2. 2
   noun

   the number of people entering or passing through a place during a given period

   Weekend footfall at the shopping center rose after the new station opened.

A compound of foot + fall, originally naming the placing or sound of a foot as it falls to the ground. Retail and planning language later extended it to the measured flow of pedestrians or visitors.

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