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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.
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.]acre (ˈeɪkə) n1. (Units) a unit of area used in certain English-speaking countries, equal to 4840 square yards or 4046.86 square metres2. (plural) a. land, esp a large areab. informal a large amount: he has acres of space in his room. 3. farm the long acre NZ to graze cows on the verge of a road[Old English æcer field, acre; related to Old Norse akr, German Acker, Latin ager field, Sanskrit ajra field]
Acre n 1. (Placename) a state of W Brazil: mostly unexplored tropical forests; acquired from Bolivia in 1903. Capital: Rio Branco. Pop: 586 942 (2002). Area: 152 589 sq km (58 899 sq miles) 2. (Placename) a city and port in N Israel, strategically situated on the Bay of Acre in the E Mediterranean: taken and retaken during the Crusades (1104, 1187, 1191, 1291), taken by the Turks (1517), by Egypt (1832), and by the Turks again (1839). Pop: 45 600 (2001). Old Testament name: Accho Arabic name: `Akka Hebrew name: `Akko a•cre (ˈeɪ kər)
n. 1. a common variable unit of land measure, now equal in the U.S. and Great Britain to 43,560 square feet or 1/640 square mile (4047 square meters). 2. acres, a. lands; landed property: wooded acres. b. Informal. large quantities: acres of Oriental rugs. 3. Archaic. a plowed or sown field. [before 1000; Old English æcer] A•cre (ˈɑ krə for 1; ˈɑ kər, ˈeɪ kər for 2 )
n. 1. a state in W Brazil. 483,483; 58,900 sq. mi. (152,550 sq. km). Cap.: Rio Branco. 2. a seaport in NW Israel: besieged and captured by Crusaders 1191. 38,700. acre - Old English aecer, now acre, was originally the amount of land a yoke of oxen could plow in a day; the Old English word came from Latin ager, "fertile field," and became acre, which first meant any field.See also related terms for plow.acreA measure of land: originally the amount of land that a yoke of oxen could plough in a day. Equal to 4840 yd2.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  acre - a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countriesarea unit, square measure - a system of units used to measure areas | | 2. |  Acre - a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and PeruBrasil, Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil - the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter | | 3. |  Acre - a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern MediterraneanAccho, Akka, AkkoIsrael, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion - Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine |
acrenounUsually extensive real estate.Often used in plural:estate, land, property.Translationsacre
all over hell's half acreSpread out across a great distance or area; all over the place. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. I missed my turn when I was driving out to meet you, and I was all over hell's half acre before I was able to find the right road again! We'll never find all the papers we dropped, the wind has scattered them all over hell's half acre by now.See also: acre, all, half, over40 acres and a mule1. Something given by the government. The phrase refers to a promise made during the Civil War by Union general William T. Sherman that freed slaves would receive 40 acres of land and a mule. However, after the war that land was given back to its original owners. I'm doing just fine on my own—I don't need 40 acres and a mule from Uncle Sam.2. A promise or assurance that proves to be false. I think he's just tempting us with that offer, and it'll turn out to be 40 acres and a mule.See also: 40, acre, and, muleGod's acreA nickname for a church graveyard. The phrase comes from the German word Gottesacker, meaning "God's field" or "God's seed field," an allusion to the notion that believers are "sown" in it. Well, we'll all be buried in God's acre someday.See also: acreGod's acre a churchyard. archaic This phrase comes from the German word Gottesacker meaning ‘God's seed field’ in which the bodies of the dead are ‘sown’.See also: acrehell's half acre a great distance. North AmericanSee also: acre, halfGod’s acre n. a cemetery. When I end up in God’s acre, I want everything to go on without me. See also: acreForty acres and a muleA a government handout; a broken promise. As Union general William T. Sherman marched through Georgia and other parts of the confederacy during the Civil War, he promised freed slaves the gift of forty acres of South Carolina and Georgia farmland and an army mule with which to work the soil. Following the war, however, President Johnson rescinded Sherman's order, and the appropriated land was restored to its owners. While most citizens adopted the phrase as a metaphor for either any form of government handout (or a trifling salary or bonus from their employer), African-Americans who remembered the expression's history used it as a rueful reminder of a offer that was reneged upon.See also: acre, and, forty, muleGod's acreA churchyard burial area. The phrase is a translation of the German word, Gottesacker, “God's field” where the souls of the faithful are sown. The phrase also been used for the dedication of a portion of a farm field or a garden plot to growing food that will be given to the needy. The phrase should not be confused with Erskine Caldwell's 1933 novel, God's Little Acre.See also: acreAcre
Acre (äk`rə, äk`rā), state (1990 est. pop. 1,125,100), 58,915 sq mi (152,590 sq km), W Brazil, on the borders of Peru and Bolivia. Rio BrancoRio Branco,
city (1996 pop. 228,907), capital of Acre state, NW Brazil, on the Acre River. Rubber and Brazil nuts are its chief products; there is also some farming. Rio Branco has air connections with the major cities of Brazil, but river travel is still an important means of
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Acre, Israel: see AkkoAkko
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, Fr. Saint-Jean d'Acre, Arab. Acca, city (1994 pop. 45,300), NW Israel, a port on the Bay of Haifa (an arm of the Mediterranean Sea). Its manufactures include iron and steel, chemicals, and textiles. The city was captured (A.D.
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acre, measure of land area used in the English units of measurementEnglish units of measurement,
principal system of weights and measures used in a few nations, the only major industrial one being the United States. It actually consists of two related systems—the U.S.
..... Click the link for more information. . The acre was originally the area a yoke of oxen could plow in a day and therefore differed in size from one locality to another. It is now fixed as 10 square chains or 160 square rods, i.e., 4,840 sq yd, 43,560 sq ft, or 1/640 sq mi. It is equal to about .4047 of a hectare or 4,046.9 sq m.acre[′ā·kər] (mechanics) A unit of area, equal to 43,560 square feet, or to 4046.8564224 square meters. acreA unit of land measurement equal to 43,560 sq ft or 4046.85 sq m; 1 sq mile (2.59 sq km) equals 640 acres.Acreafter conquering city, Richard I executed 2700 Muslims (1191). [Eur. Hist.: Bishop, 83–84]See: Massacreacre a unit of area used in certain English-speaking countries, equal to 4840 square yards or 4046.86 square metres
Acre1. a state of W Brazil: mostly unexplored tropical forests; acquired from Bolivia in 1903. Capital: Rio Branco. Pop.: 586 942 (2002). Area: 152 589 sq. km (58 899 sq. miles) 2. a city and port in N Israel, strategically situated on the Bay of Acre in the E Mediterranean: taken and retaken during the Crusades (1104, 1187, 1191, 1291), taken by the Turks (1517), by Egypt (1832), and by the Turks again (1839). Pop.: 45 600 (2001) acre
acre A non-SI (International System) unit of surface area, equal to 4046.86 m2.
ACRE Appropriateness of Coronary REvascularization Study. An observational survey evaluating patients with coronary heart disease who underwent angiography at Barts and London hospital.
Trust Conclusions
(i) Increased duration of wait for angiography is associated with increased severity of disease;
(ii) A minority of patients do not receive a coronary revascularisation procedure even though it is appropriate, and vice versa;
(iii) South Asian patients for whom revascularisation is appropriate are less likely to receive it than comparable white patients;
(iv) Rates of revascularisation are consistent with crude estimations of coronary heart disease prevalence by general practice;
(v) women’s descriptions of cardiac symptoms differ from men’s.ACRE Cardiology A clinical trial–Appropriateness of Coronary Revascularization. See Revascularization Public health Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment. Acre
ACRE, measures. A quantity of land containing in length forty perches, andfour in breadth, or one hundred and sixty square perches, of whatever shapemay be the land. Serg. Land Laws of Penn., 185. See Cro. Eliz. 476, 665; 6Co. 67; Poph. 55; Co. Litt. 5, b, and note 22. acre
AcreA measure of area, especially of land. The area of an acre is not standardized; an American acre is slightly larger than an international acre. It is roughly 4,840 square yards. Historically, an acre is said to be an approximation of the land a single ox could plough in a day. It is often used in real estate transactions.acre Historically, the amount of land a yoke of oxen could plow in one day;today,a quantity of land containing 43,560 square feet.An acre can be any shape.Especially in the case of commercial properties,land values are usually expressed in terms of price per square foot rather then price per acre. Example: If you know that a 16-acre parcel recently sold for $10,000,000, you calculate the price per foot as follows: 16 acres 43,560 square feet per acre 696,960 square feet $10,000,000 696,960 feet $14.35 per square foot ACRE
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acre
Synonyms for acrenoun usually extensive real estateSynonymsWords related to acrenoun a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countriesRelated Wordsnoun a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and PeruRelated Words- Brasil
- Brazil
- Federative Republic of Brazil
noun a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern MediterraneanSynonymsRelated Words- Israel
- State of Israel
- Yisrael
- Zion
- Sion
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