Acre - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈeɪkər|  American pronunciation of the word acre
Brit.  |ˈeɪkə|  British pronunciation of the word acre

noun

- a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries
- a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru
- a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean

Extra examples

The house sits on two acres of land.

They own hundreds of acres of farmland.

They own 200 acres of farmland.

The plots are selling for $15,000 per acre.

...was laid in rest in God's acre, with a comforting view of the river he loved so much...

Each person raised an average of £60 to plant an acre of trees.

His land fetched 15 pounds an acre.

Arable land rents at $3 and $4, or even $6 an acre.

They got the land at $2 an acre.

This land will carry ten cows to the acre

In some counties they are not much acquainted with admeasurement by acre.

Word forms

noun
singular: acre
plural: acres
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