fortyglossary / FORTY forty, n. Archaic. Forty acres of land in the form of a square (the south forty). • To determine a forty, a section of land (640 acres) was quartered, and one of those quarters was again quartered. 词条贡献者 译者晓晨,毕业于世界顶级翻译学院,擅长翻译各种与反垄断咨询与合规相关的法律文件。