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acre

UK/ˈeɪkɚ/ US/ˈɑːkɹeɪ/ uncommon informal obsolete

noun

1.

a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries

2.

a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru

3.

Origin

From Middle English acre, aker, from Old English æcer (“field where crops are grown”), from Proto-West Germanic *akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz (“field”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros (“field”).

Phrases

  • acre breadth
  • acre brede
  • acre foot
  • acre lengh
  • acre length
  • acre money
  • acre shot
  • acre's breadth

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