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The definition of an acre is a unit of measure that is equal to 43,560 square feet or a square which measures 208.71 feet by 208.71 feet.

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A standard National Football League field not including the end zones is an example of something that is just over an acre.

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noun

a unit of land area in the FPS system, equal to 4,840 square yards or 160 square rods (0.4047 hectare or 4,046.8564 square meters): abbrev. ac
specific holdings in land; lands
Informal a large quantity
Obsolete field

Origin: ME < OE æcer, field (akin to Goth akrs, Ger acker, L ager) < IE *aĝros (> Gr agros), field, lit., place to which cattle are driven < base *a-: see act

Akko

state of westernmost Brazil: 58,915 sq mi (152,589 sq km); pop. 417,000; cap. Rio Branco

See acre in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Abbr. a. or ac. A unit of area in the U.S. Customary System, used in land and sea floor measurement and equal to 160 square rods, 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. See Table at measurement.
acres Property in the form of land; estate.
A wide expanse, as of land or other matter. Often used in the plural: “Everything was streaky pink marble and acres of textureless carpeting” (Anne Tyler).
Archaic A field or plot of arable land.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English aker, field, acre

Origin: , from Old English ǽcer; see agro- in Indo-European roots

A port city of northern Israel on the Bay of Haifa. During the Crusades it changed hands many times between Christians and Muslims. Acre was ceded to the Arabs in the United Nations partition of Palestine in 1948 but was captured by Israel shortly thereafter. Population: 45,900.

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