acreableadj.
/ˈeɪk(ə)rəbl/, U.S. /ˈeɪkərəb(ə)l/ Now chiefly historical.
Of or based on an acre; per acre. In later use esp. with reference to Ireland.
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1742 D. Webb Case between Sir R. Meade & D. Webb 15 A Gentleman of Sir Richard's Prudence might have thrown in some plausible conversation of an acreable Rent.
1766 Compl. Farmer at Husbandry These experiments were made to prove the difference of the acreable produce, and the difference of the rate of increase from the seed sown as well in broad-cast, as in various forms of drilling.
1792 A. Young Trav. France 341 As to..the acreable produce of corn land, the difference will be found very great indeed.
1821 New Monthly Mag. 3 527/1 There is..a good acreable produce.
1880 W. Bence-Jones in Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 514/2 Reduction of the acreable rent for the number of wet acres taken.
1948 Econ. Geogr. 24 302/1 More wheat too had been grown recently in the county and the average acreable yield had risen.
1994 W. E. Vaughan Landlords & Tenants in Mid-Victorian Irel. iv. iii. 82 Flax was an ideal crop for small farmers, requiring a lot of labour, but giving a very high acreable return.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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