Quarter

Pronunciation

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Noun

1. Template:Countable A quarter is one fourth ($1/4$) of something.

   The lake was about a quarter mile from town.

   About a quarter of the students came from outside the United States.

   There's an old house three quarters of the way up that mountain.

2. Template:Countable A quarter is a unit of money worth 25 cents in the United States and Canada.

   Can you give me four quarters for this dollar?

3. Template:Countable A quarter is a period of three months, especially in business.

   Sales were down 3.7 percent from the fourth quarter of last year.

4. Template:Countable A quarter is one of four a periods of time, especially in sports.

   He threw four touchdown passes in the fourth quarter leading to a 38-28 win.

5. Template:Countable A quarter is one section of a city.

   The bar was in New Orleans' French quarter.

6. Template:Pluralonly Quarters are the places where people live.

   After training, we returned to our quarters to get changed.

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  Four quarters (sense 1) of a circle
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  An American quarter (sense 2)

Synonyms

• period

Related words

• quarterly
• headquarters

Verb

1. Template:Transitive If you quarter something, you make it into four equal pieces.

   Using a sharp knife, quarter the apple.

2. Template:Transitive If you quarter somebody somewhere, you give them a place to stay.

   We were quartered in Vienna during the job.