Acre vs. Hectare

Acre vs. Hectare — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Acre and Hectare

Acrenoun

An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's plowing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters.

Hectarenoun

A unit of surface area (symbol ha) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used for measuring the areas of geographical features such as land and bodies of water.

Acrenoun

Any of various similar units of area in other systems.

Hectarenoun

(abbreviated `ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters)

Acrenoun

A wide expanse.

I like my new house - there’s acres of space!

Acrenoun

A large quantity.

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Acrenoun

(obsolete) A field.

Acrenoun

(obsolete) The acre's breadth by the length, English units of length equal to the statute dimensions of the acre: 22 yds (≈20 m) by 220 yds (≈200 m).

Acrenoun

(obsolete) A duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands.

Acrenoun

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

Acrenoun

a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru

Acrenoun

a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean

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