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Quar·ter

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- 1. each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided: "she cut each apple into quarters"
- ▪ a period of three months regarded as one fourth of a year, used especially in reference to financial transactions such as the payment of bills or a company's earnings: "the payment for each quarter's electricity is made in the next quarter"
- ▪ a period of fifteen minutes or a point of time marking the transition from one fifteen-minute period to the next: "the baby was born at a quarter past nine"
- ▪ a coin representing 25 cents, one fourth of a US or Canadian dollar.
- ▪ each of the four parts into which an animal's or bird's carcass may be divided, each including a leg or wing.
- ▪ one fourth of a lunar month.
- ▪ (in various sports) each of four equal periods into which a game is divided: "there were four scores in the opening quarter"
- ▪ one of four terms into which a school or college year may be divided. US
- 2. one fourth of a pound (avoirdupois, equal to 4 ounces).
- ▪ one fourth of a hundredweight (US 25 lb or British 28 lb).
- ▪ a grain measure equivalent to 8 bushels. British
- 3. the haunches or hindquarters of a horse: "they have strong, muscular quarters"
- 4. a part of a town or city having a specific character or use: "it is a beautiful port city with a fascinating medieval quarter" Similar districtarearegionpartsideneighborhoodprecinctlocalitysectorsectionzonetractbeltghettocommunitycolonypocketenclaveterritoryprovinceparishward
- 5. the direction of one of the points of the compass, especially as a direction from which the wind blows.
- ▪ a particular but unspecified person, group of people, or area: "we have just had help from an unexpected quarter" Similar sourcedirectionplacepointspotlocationperson
- ▪ either side of a ship aft of the beam: "he trained his glasses over the starboard quarter"
- 6. rooms or lodgings, especially those allocated to people in military or domestic service: "the servants' quarters" Similar accommodationlodgingsroomschambersplace of residencehomeshelterpied-à-terreinformal:digsinformal, dated:padbilletformal:abodedwellingdwelling placeresidencedomicilehabitation
- 7. pity or mercy shown toward an enemy or opponent who is in one's power: "the riot squad gave no quarter" Similar mercyleniencyclemencylenitycompassionpitycharityforbearanceindulgencekindnesssympathytolerance
- 8. each of four or more roughly equal divisions of a shield separated by vertical and horizontal lines.
- ▪ a square charge which covers the top left (dexter chief) quarter of the field.
verb
- 1. divide into four equal or corresponding parts: "peel and quarter the bananas"
- ▪ cut (the body of an executed person) into four parts: historical "the plotters were hanged, drawn, and quartered"
- ▪ cut (a log) into quarters, and these into planks so as to show the grain well.
- 2. be stationed or lodged in a specified place: "many were quartered in tents" Similar accommodatehouseboardlodgegive accommodation toprovide with accommodationput uptake ingive a bed toinstallgive a roof toput a roof over someone's headshelterinformal, dated:billet
- 3. range over or traverse (an area) in every direction: "we watched a pair of kingfishers quartering the river looking for minnows" Similar patrolrange overtourreconnoitertraversesurveyinspectspy outscoutinformal:recce
- ▪ move at an angle; go in a diagonal or zigzag direction: "his young dog quartered back and forth in quick turns"
- 4. display (different coats of arms) in quarters of a shield, especially to show arms inherited from heiresses who have married into the bearer's family: "Edward III quartered the French royal arms with his own"
- ▪ divide (a shield) into four or more parts by vertical and horizontal lines.
Word Origin Middle English: from Old French quartier, from Latin quartarius ‘fourth part of a measure’, from quartus ‘fourth’, from quattuor ‘four’.
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A quarter is one of four equal parts of something. Prices have fallen by a quarter since January. Cut the peppers into quarters. Quarter is also a predeterminer. The largest asteroid is Ceres, which is about a quarter the size of the moon. Quarter is also an adjective. ...the past quarter century.

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being one of four equal or approximately equal parts into which anything is or may be divided. being equal to only about one fourth of the full measure. informal. slang. 1250–1300; (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French quartier < Latin quartārius, equivalent to quart ( us ) fourth + -ārius -ary; (v.)

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noun. one of four equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, amount, etc. Also calledfourth the fraction equal to one divided by four ( 1 4) a quarter of a dollar; 25-cent piece. a unit of weight equal to a quarter of a hundredweight. 1 US quarter is equal to 25 pounds; 1 Brit quarter is equal to 28 pounds.
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