Definition of quarter

noun (n)

• one of four equal parts (noun.quantity)

  Synonym: fourth, fourth part, one-fourth, one-quarter, quartern, twenty-five percent
  

  Example:
  A quarter of a pound.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a district of a city having some distinguishing character (noun.location)

  Example:
  The Latin Quarter.
  

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• (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided (noun.time)

  Example:
  Both teams scored in the first quarter.
  

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• a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour (noun.time)

  Example:
  It's a quarter til 4.
  A quarter after 4 o'clock.
  

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• one of four periods into which the school year is divided (noun.time)

  Example:
  The fall quarter ends at Christmas.
  

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• a fourth part of a year; three months (noun.time)

  Example:
  Unemployment fell during the last quarter.
  

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• one of the four major division of the compass (noun.linkdef)

  Example:
  The wind is coming from that quarter.
  

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• a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds) (noun.quantity)

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• a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds) (noun.quantity)

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• a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar (noun.possession)

  Example:
  He fed four quarters into the slot machine.
  

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• an unspecified person (noun.person)

  Example:
  He dropped a word in the right quarter.
  

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• the rear part of a ship (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: after part, poop, stern, tail
  

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• piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp (noun.artifact)

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• clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent (noun.act)

  Example:
  He surrendered but asked for quarter.
  

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• One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• provide housing for (military personnel) (verb.stative)

  Synonym: billet, canton
  

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• pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him (verb.social)

  Synonym: draw, draw and quarter
  

  Example:
  In the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes.
  

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• divide into quarters (verb.contact)

  Example:
  Quarter an apple.
  

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• divide by four; divide into quarters (verb.cognition)

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• To divide into four equal parts. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To lodge; to have a temporary residence. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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