Look up: Acre

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   Acre
   An acre is an ancient measurement of land area being (since 1824) 4840 square yards. Prior to that Edward I introduced the first standard for the acre in Britain.
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   Acre
   [n] - a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries 2. [n] - a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru 3. [n] - a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean
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   Acre
   An acre is the traditional unit of measure and is a square approximately 209 feet per side (=4840 sq. yds.). The amount one man and two oxen could plough in a day. It is gradually being replaced by the metric unit the Hectare.
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   Acre
   An old British unit of area traditionally used for measuring the area of a field.Conversions1 acre=4840 yd²1 acre=4.046856x10³ m²1 acre=10 square chains1 acre=160 square rods1 square mile=640 acres1 in²=6.4516 cm²1 square mile=2.58999 km²1 acre=0.4046856 hectarettle='Area';xiunt='acr...
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   Acre
   Former name of the Israeli seaport of Akko. ...
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   acre
   measure of land surface,4.840 square yards,4.046,85 m2 Category: Management in the public and private sector
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   Acre
   43,560 square feet.
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   Acre
   Definition (keystage 2) An old unit of area, equal to 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. <br /> One acre is equal to 4046.856 square metres.
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   Acre
   A'cre noun [ Middle English aker , Anglo-Saxon æcer ; akin to Old Saxon accar , Old High German achar , German acker , Icelandic akr , Swedish åker , Danish ager , Goth. akrs , Latin ager , Greek ..., Sanskrit ajra . √2, 206.] 1. Any field of arable or pasture land. [ Obsolete] 2. A piece ...
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    Acre
    Akko noun a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean
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    acre
    noun a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries
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    Acre
    • (n.) Any field of arable or pasture land. • (n.) 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.
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    Acre
    westernmost estado (state) of Brazil. Acre covers the southwesternmost part of Brazil`s Hiléia (Hylea), the forest zone of the Amazon River basin. ... [1 related articles]
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    acre
    unit of land measurement in the British Imperial and United States Customary systems, equal to 43,560 square feet, or 160 square rods. One acre is ... [2 related articles]
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    ACRE
    43,500 square feet.
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    acre
    An old unit of area, equal to 160 square rods, 4,840 square yards, 43,560 sq. feet, or 4046.856 sq. meters. Ager in Latin, agros in Greek, ajras in Sanskrit, and acker in German all have the same meaning, namely, 'a cultivated field'. Most nations have, or had, some measure corresponding r...
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    Acre
    Acre, Israel: see Akko.
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    Acre
    Acre (äk'ru, äk'rā) , state (1990 est. pop. 1,125,100), 58,915 sq mi (152,590 sq km), W Brazil, on the borders of Peru and Bolivia. Rio Branco is the capital.
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    acre
    acre, measure of land area used in the English units of measurement. The acre was originally the area a yoke of oxen could plow in a day and therefore differed in size from one locality to another. It is now fixed as 10 square chains or 160 square rods, i.e., 4,840 sq yd, 43,560 sq ft, or 1/640 sq m...
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