Centare (Noun)
Meaning
A centare is 1/100th of an are.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The farmer carefully measured out the land to be sold, dividing it into parcels of one centare each.
- The new housing development will be built on a plot of 500 centares on the outskirts of the city.
- After converting the units, the surveyor determined the area of the park was equivalent to 20 centares.
- To comply with zoning regulations, the property was subdivided into several smaller blocks, each approximately 2 centares in size.
- A centare of prime agricultural land is still a significant investment for small-scale farmers in many developing countries.