acre
noun
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Definition of acre
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Acre
geographical name (1)
, -(ˌ)krā
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Definition of Acre (Entry 2 of 3)
Acre
geographical name (2)
, ˈā-kər, ˈä-krə
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or New Testament Ptolemaïs \ ˌtä-lə-ˈmā-əs
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Definition of Acre (Entry 3 of 3)
Examples of acre in a Sentence
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The house sits on two acres of land. They own hundreds of acres of farmland.Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Commercial, industrial and residential properties with more than three units will pay $141.12 per acre, up from $120.96. — Susannah Bryan, sun-sentinel.com, "Fort Lauderdale homeowners to pay higher tax bills, fire fee and water rates," 17 Sep. 2019 Fires — both wild and those set by Native Americans — helped preserve the landscape, which the DNR defines as having more than one tree per acre but less than 50% tree canopy coverage. — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Wisconsin's biggest bur oak is more than 300 years old, and you can only see it during a special event in October," 12 Sep. 2019 The estimated cost of grafting vines onto phylloxera-resistant rootstock, according to Naravane, is approximately $8,000 to $10,000 per acre. — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, "Walla Walla vineyards face threat of phylloxera, insect that ruins grapevine production," 4 Sep. 2019 Take out inflation and the tax falls to $247 per acre — a 50% reduction. — Grover Norquist, The Denver Post, "Grover Norquist: Trump should index capital gains to spare millions of Americans from paying taxes on inflation," 27 Aug. 2019 Wild blueberries yield only two tons per acre, compared with 10 to 15 tons for hybrid blueberries grown in other parts of the world. — Fortune, "How Fruit Wines Are Becoming Serious Business," 17 Aug. 2019 Eco-Goats charges $2,500 to $3,000 per acre plus expenses. — Rachel Manteuffel, Washington Post, "Using goats to clear land is ‘way more labor-intensive than anyone can imagine’," 13 Aug. 2019 The concentration of trees per acre is 10 times the rate in the village. — AZCentral.com, "Amid winding mountain roads, a village pushes back its encroaching fire threat," 23 July 2019 The tracts sold for an average of $5,804 per acre, up 5.1 percent for the year. — Katherine Feser, Houston Chronicle, "Report: Small land sales along Gulf Coast commanding higher prices," 9 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'acre.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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