An acre is a unit of land measurement used primarily in the United States and Imperial customary systems, primarily to describe large plots of land.
Acreage refers to land measured in acres. It is commonly used in real estate and agriculture to denote property size.
A standard measurement of land, applied at the frontage of its street line. It is used for lots of generally uniform depth in downtown areas.
A lot line is a boundary line that defines the perimeter of a piece of property as described in a survey.
A rod is a linear unit of measurement that equals 16½ feet. It is historically used in surveying, land measurement, and agriculture.
A section of land, as defined in the Government Rectangular Survey, is one square mile. This system divides land into a grid where each township contains 36 sections, each being one square mile or 640 acres in area.
