What (who) is acre - definition
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Acre
![The area of one acre (red) superposed on an [[American football]] field (green) and [[Association football]]/soccer pitch (blue).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Acre superimposed over football fields.svg?width=200 "The area of one acre (red) superposed on an [[American football]] field (green) and [[Association football]]/soccer pitch (blue).")
![Image comparing the acre (the small pink area at lower left) to other units. The entire yellow square is one [[square mile]]; the dark blue area at right represents 100 acres.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Comparison of units of area.png?width=200 "Image comparing the acre (the small pink area at lower left) to other units. The entire yellow square is one [[square mile]]; the dark blue area at right represents 100 acres.")
·noun Any field of arable or pasture land.
II. Acre ·noun A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English.
acre
(acres)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
An acre is an area of land measuring 4840 square yards or 4047 square metres.
The property is set in two acres of land.
N-COUNT
acre
['e?k?]
¦ noun a unit of land area equal to 4,840 square yards (0.405 hectare).
Derivatives
acreage noun
-acred adjective
Origin
OE ?cer (denoting the amount of land a yoke of oxen could plough in a day), of Gmc origin.
Wikipedia
Acre (disambiguation)
An acre is a unit of measurement used for areas of land.
Acre may also refer to:
Pronunciation examples for acre
1. of an acre net.
Sustainable Agriculture for the World _ John Jeavons _ Talks at Google
2. or 320-acre allotments.
Indian Land - The Lasting Legacy of Manifest Destiny _ Cris Stainbrook _ Talks at Google
3. acre of outdoor space.
Liquid Lore, Epic Recipes, and Unabashed Arrogance _ Greg Koch _ Talks at Google
4. in 1,000 acre estate.
Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton _ Home Work _ Talks at Google
5. of $598,000 an acre.
Strong Towns _ Charles Marohn _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of acre
1. "He visited Acre at least six times," said Acre Mayor Shimon Lancri.
2. "There will be a last acre –– we just won‘t know it‘s the last acre," he said.
3. On average, farmers make about $2,000 per acre with pomegranates, versus $1,320 per acre growing poppies, Stoddard said.
4. A 151,874–acre blaze was 80 percent contained on Saturday, and a 10',8'3–acre fire was 60 percent contained.
5. Rs. 3 million per acre for developed land and Rs. 1.5 million per acre for undeveloped land.