un tier
English translation: (and) a third
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| 06:29 Jun 4, 2015 |
| French to English translations [Non-PRO] Bus/Financial - Real Estate / unit of measurement | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Tony M France Local time: 09:26 | ||||||
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| 3 +8 | (and) a third |
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| 4 | a third |
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peer agreement (net): +8
peer agreement (net): +8(and) a third Explanation: 37 and ⅓ 'perches' http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perche_(unité) La perche est une ancienne mesure de longueur, généralement de dix à vingt-deux pieds, ou de superficie ; dans ce cas, il s'agit d'une perche carrée, le mot « carrée » étant souvent sous-entendu. La perche fut la mesure principale des arpenteurs. Among other values, this one seems relevant: La perche carrée d'arpent (dite « des eaux et forêts ») valait 22 pieds de côté (= 484 pieds carrés), soit la moitié d'un are (cent perches carrées, c'est un arpent carré ou un acre), soit environ 51,1 mètres carrés ; cette perche était celle des arpenteurs. So here, probably, 1 perche carré = 0.5 a This would be consistent with the comment made: the theoretical area is 37⅓ perches² (= 1866 m²), but the measure area is actually 1708 m² (= 34.16 perches² -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 37 minutes (2015-06-04 07:07:05 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Cf. of course the standard traditional English Imperial measure used in surveying of the rod, pole, or perch (normally used for linear measurement only, I believe) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 41 minutes (2015-06-04 07:10:35 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In view of the fact that this appears to be some kind of historical document, I think we can take the variant spelling 'tier' as read for 'tiers'. |
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