Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- According to the acre; measured or estimated in acres or by the acre.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of an acre; per acre.
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- adjective archaic Of an
acre ; per acre.
Etymologies
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Examples
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There are several varieties of this plant, of which the Alsike Clover appears to be the most valuable, as it contains a high proportion of organic matter and gives the largest acreable produce.
The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Charles Alexander Cameron 1875
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These results certainly speak strongly in favor of the cabbage; but the weight of the acreable crop of cabbages stated in the table appears to be unusually great.
The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Charles Alexander Cameron 1875
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At the rate at which it is carried on, it may be computed as likely to require for its completion a total sum of £4,680,000, or an acreable charge of
Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry Thomas Osborne Davis 1829
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In the county of Meath it is acreable, and amounts to one shilling per acre, being the highest in Ireland; but in general it is from threepence to sixpence per acre, and amounts of late years through the whole kingdom to one hundred and forty thousand pounds a year.
A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 Arthur Young 1780
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The expense of these works is raised by a tax on the lands, paid by the tenant; in some counties it is acreable, but in others it is on the plough land, and as no two plough lands are of the same size, is a very unequal tax.
A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 Arthur Young 1780
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