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a·cre A0063500 (ā′kər)n.1. A unit of area in the US 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.2. a. acres Property in the form of land; estate.b. Archaic A field or plot of arable land.3. often acres A wide expanse, as of land or other matter: "acres of textureless carpeting" (Anne Tyler). [Middle English aker, field, acre, from Old English æcer; see agro- in Indo-European roots.]
A·cre A0063600 (ä′krə, ä′kər) also Ak·ko (ä-kō′, ä′kō) 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 assigned to the Arabs in the United Nations partition of Palestine in 1948 but was captured by Israel shortly thereafter.acres (ˈeɪkəz) pl n1. land, esp a large area2. informal a large amountThesaurusNoun | 1. | acres - extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"demesne, landed estate, estate, landfreehold - an estate held in fee simple or for lifeimmovable, real estate, real property, realty - property consisting of houses and landglebe - plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical officeleasehold - land or property held under a leasesmallholding - a piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivationhomestead - land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead lawfeoff, fief - a piece of land held under the feudal systembarony - the estate of a baroncountryseat - an estate in the countryCrown land - land that belongs to the Crownmanor - the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it)seigneury, seigniory, signory - the estate of a seigneurhacienda - a large estate in Spanish-speaking countriesplantation - an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas)entail - land received by fee tail | EncyclopediaSeeAcreFinancialSeeacreACRES
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acres
Synonyms for acresnoun extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own useSynonyms- demesne
- landed estate
- estate
- land
Related Words- freehold
- immovable
- real estate
- real property
- realty
- glebe
- leasehold
- smallholding
- homestead
- feoff
- fief
- barony
- countryseat
- Crown land
- manor
- seigneury
- seigniory
- signory
- hacienda
- plantation
- entail
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