hectare Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (abbreviated `ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters)

WordNet

Hec"tare` noun
Etymology
F., fr. Gr. hundred + F. are an are.
Definitions
  1. A measure of area, or superficies, containing a hundred ares, or 10,000 square meters, and equivalent to 2.471 acres.

Webster 1913