Acre

Acre

The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. Its international symbol is ac.

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Famous quotes containing the word acre:

    “Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he’ll turn into a scoundrel.”
    —Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

    “And every acre good enough to eat,
    As fine as flour put through a baker’s sieve.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground, long heath, brown furze, anything.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)