hectarehec‧tare /ˈhektɑː, -teə $ -ter/ noun [countable] (written abbreviation ha) 
Word Origin
Word OriginWORD ORIGINhectare
ExamplesOrigin:
1800-1900 French hect- ‘hundred’ ( ➔ HECTO-) + are ‘area of 100 square meters’ (from Latin area)EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- Some were little more than 50 hectares, although the Tyneside zone was over 450 hectares.
- That includes about 43,000 hectares of replanting and 56,000 hectares of new planting by both private foresters and Forest Enterprise.
- The average size of these plots was less than 1 hectare in the inner city, but up to 10 hectares at the edges.
- The refinery's 175 hectares will be replaced by areas of parks and green spaces.
- There are also plans to log 57,500 hectares of ancient forest, containing trees of up to 600 years old.
- They had sublet another 40 hectares because their 52 hectares of valley and mountain holdings still fall well short of their needs.
- They produced less per hectare and employed fewer people per hectare than small farms.
- This suggests that each of the 200,000 hectares developed by 1986 had required almost £200,000 of public expenditure.
WORD SETS► Measurement
Collocationsacre, nounacreage, nounavoirdupois, nounbaker's dozen, nounbalance, nounbarometer, nounbaseline, nounbasin, nounbaud rate, nounbearing, nounbecquerel, nounblack box, nounboiling point, nounbottle, nounbox, nouncalculator, nouncalibrate, verbcalibration, nouncc, centi-, prefixcentimetre, nouncircumference, nouncl, clock, verbcm, cu, cubic, adjectivecubit, nouncup, nouncupful, nouncwt, daylight saving time, noundeci-, prefixdecibel, noundecimalization, noundeflection, noundegree, noundensity, noundepth, noundimension, noundipstick, noundisplacement, noundoz., noundozen, numberelevation, nounfactor, nounfathom, nounfl oz, fluid ounce, nounfoot, nounft, g, gage, noungal, gallon, noungauge, noungauge, verbGB, Geiger counter, noungigabyte, noungill, noungirth, noungm, graduated, adjectivegraduation, noungrain, noungram, noungramme, noungrid, noungross, adjectivehandful, nounhectare, nounhertz, nounhigh, adjectivehundredweight, nounimpedance, nounimperial, adjectiveinch, nounindicator, nouninstrument, nounjoule, nounkarat, nounkg, kilo, nounkilo-, prefixkilogram, nounkilometre, nounkm, knot, nounl, latitude, nounlb, league, nounlength, nounlight year, nounliter, nounlitre, nounlow water mark, nounmax, nounmaximum, adjectivemean, adjectivemeasure, verbmeasure, nounmedian, nounmedium, adjectivemegaton, nounmelting point, nounmental age, nounmeter, nounmeter, verb-meter, suffixmetre, noun-metre, suffixmetric, adjectivemetrication, nounmetric ton, nounmg, MHz, microsecond, nounmile, nounmillennium, nounmilli-, prefixmillibar, nounmilligram, nounmillilitre, nounmillimetre, nounminus, adjectiveminute, nounml, mpg, mph, nano-, prefixnanosecond, nounnautical mile, nounounce, nounoverweight, adjectiveoz, pace, verbpart, nounpedometer, nounpint, nounplus, adjectivepoint, nounpound, nounpunnet, nounqt, quantify, verbquart, nounradioactive dating, nounradius, nounrain gauge, nounread, verbreading, nounrecord, verbreset, verbrev, nounrotation, nounrpm, rule, nounruler, nounscale, nounsea level, nounsea mile, nounseismograph, nounsensor, nounset square, nounsextant, nounsnowfall, nounsoundings, nounsq., subsonic, adjectivesundial, nountherm, nountimberline, nountog, nounton, nountonnage, nountonne, nountroy weight, noununit, nounvoltmeter, nounvolume, nounwatch, nounwatt, nounwattage, nounweighbridge, nounweight, nounwidth, nounwt., yard, nounyardage, nounyardstick, nounyd, zero, number
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a 300-hectare/400-acre etc farm
a unit for measuring area, equal to 10,000 square metres → acre· He bought a 300-hectare farm in Shropshire.
► an acre/hectare of land· The family owned hundreds of acres of land.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► cover· Fifteen reserves are to be established by 2000, covering 12,000 hectares of pine forest, loch, bog and mountain.· The area legally delimited between 1908 and 1919 as the Champagne-producing region covers 34,500 hectares.· By 1886 La Chapelle covered 60 hectares of land, and it was lit by electric light from 1877.· The enclosed water area now covers some 89 hectares whilst the land area is in excess of 150 hectares.· The Inlet covers 6,500 hectares of inter-tidal land between the Gower Peninsula and Llanelli.