What is the meaning of Quarter?

A fourth part of something.

1. Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.

   Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.

   A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.

   A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.

   A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard.

   A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night.

   A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.

   A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.

   A fourth part of a hundredweight.

   A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.

   A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.

   One of four equal periods into which a game is divided.

   A quarter of an acre or 40 roods.

   Place or position.

   1. A region or place.
   2. Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass.
   4. A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.
   5. One's residence or dwelling-place; rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff.
   6. A topic or area of endeavour.
   7. The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
   8. The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.

   A region or place.

   Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass.

   A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.

   One's residence or dwelling-place; rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff.

   A topic or area of endeavour.

   The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.

   The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.

   A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.

   Relations between people.

   Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.

   Short forms.

   1. A quarterback.
   2. A quartermaster; a quartermaster sergeant.
   3. A quarterfinal.

   A quarterback.

   A quartermaster; a quartermaster sergeant.

   A quarterfinal.

   ↑ Robert Holland, M.R.A.C., A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester, Part I--A to F., English Dialect Society, London, 1884, 3

   Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter.

   Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (⁄₄, 25%).

   Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.

   To divide into quarters; to divide by four.

   To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.

   To lodge; to have a temporary residence.

   To quartersaw.

   To execute (someone) by tying each limb to a different animal (such as a horse) and driving them in different directions.

   To display different coats of arms in the quarters of a shield.

   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.

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   A quarter (fourth part of something):

   1. A quarter of a whole chicken.
   2. One of the four divisions of the earth or sky.
   3. A quarter of the year; a three-month period.
   4. A quarter of the night; a three-hour period.
   5. A quarter of an hour; a 15-minute period.
   6. One of the moon's four phases.
   7. A fourth part of a coat of arms.

   A quarter of a whole chicken.

   One of the four divisions of the earth or sky.

   A quarter of the year; a three-month period.

   A quarter of the night; a three-hour period.

   A quarter of an hour; a 15-minute period.

   One of the moon's four phases.

   A fourth part of a coat of arms.

   One of various units of measure:

   1. A unit of capacity (being a quarter of another measure).
   2. A unit of weight (often a quarter of an ounce or pound).
   3. A unit of length (nine inches; being quarter of an ell).

   A unit of capacity (being a quarter of another measure).

   A unit of weight (often a quarter of an ounce or pound).

   A unit of length (nine inches; being quarter of an ell).

   Any part, portion, or fragment.

   A region, locale or place.

   A certain fencing maneuver.

   A direction; a way.

   quarter (one fourth)

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