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Quarter
ˈk(w)ɔːtə
- 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 first quarter of the fiscal year"
- a period of fifteen minutes or a point of time marking the transition from one fifteen-minute period to the next
"he sat with his pint until a quarter past nine"
- a coin representing 25 cents, a quarter 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 basketball, American football, and Australian Rules) 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 university year may be divided
- one fourth of a pound weight (avoirdupois, equal to 4 ounces)
- one fourth of a hundredweight (in the UK 28 lb or in the US 25 lb)
- a grain measure equivalent to 8 bushels
- the haunches or hindquarters of a horse
"they have strong, muscular quarters"
- a part of a town or city having a particular character or use
"a beautiful port city with a fascinating medieval quarter"
- 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"
- either side of a ship aft of the beam
"he trained his glasses over the starboard quarter"
- rooms or lodgings, especially those allocated to people in military or domestic service
"they lived in RAF married quarters"
- pity or mercy shown towards an enemy or opponent who is in one's power
"the riot squad gave no quarter"
- 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
- divide into four equal or corresponding parts
"peel and quarter the bananas"
- cut (the body of an executed person) into four parts
"the plotters were hanged, drawn, and quartered"
- cut (a log) into quarters, and these into planks so as to show the grain well
- be stationed or lodged in a specified place
"many were quartered in tents"
accommodate house board lodge give accommodation to provide with accommodation put up take in give a bed to install give a roof to put a roof over someone's head shelter- impose someone on (another person) as a lodger
"you would have had her quartered on you forever"
- range over or traverse (an area) in every direction
"we watched a pair of kingfishers quartering the river looking for minnows"
- move at an angle; go in a diagonal or zigzag direction
"his young dog quartered back and forth in quick turns"
- 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