Measures of land area (5)

I believe the answer is:

acres

(Other definitions for acres that I've seen before include "may burden landed folk" , "farmland maybe?" , "The Phoenix Park has 40 of them (5)" , "Scare (anag)" , "large area of land" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.

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