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hectare

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Noun
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hec=tare

CIDE DICTIONARY

hectaren. [F., fr. Gr. hundred + F. are an are.].
     A measure of area, or superficies, containing a hundred ares, or 10,000 square meters, and equivalent to 2.471 acres.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hectare, n. a metric unit of square measure, equal to 100 ares (2.471 acres or 10,000 square metres).

Derivative
hectarage n.
Etymology
F (as HECTO-, ARE(2))

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