Acre
/ˈeɪkər/
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Definition
(noun) An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square metres.
Sentence Examples
That farmer cultivated a 200 acre plantation.
They sell land by the acre.
CEFR Practice Quiz
They bought an ____ of land to build their dream house.