Quarter

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1 English

1.1 Etymology
1.2 Noun

1.2.1 Synonyms
1.2.2 Translations

1.3 Transitive verb
1.4 Related terms

English

Etymology

Via French from Latin quartus, fourth.

Noun

Any one of four equal parts into which something has been divided.
In the United States, a coin worth 25 cents.
A period of three consecutive months.
A section or area (of a town, etc)
An old English measure of corn, containing 8 bushels.
Quotations
- 1882: One of these is 1 Hen. V, cap. 10, defining the quarter of corn to be eight struck bushels, and putting fines on purveyors who take more. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 204.

Synonyms

(one of four equal parts): fourth, fourth part
(period of three consecutive months): trimester
(section of a town): borough, district, region

Translations

one of four equal parts

Dutch: kwart
Finnish: neljännes, neljäsosa
French: quart m
German: Viertel n
Icelandic: fjórðungur
Indonesian: seperempat
Interlingua: quarto, quarte parte
Italian: quarto m

Japanese: ４分の１ (よんぶんのいち, yon-bun-no-ichi)
Persian: چارک (Charak)
Portuguese: quarto m, quarta parte f
Russian: четверть f
Spanish: cuarto m
Swedish: fjärdedel c, kvart c, kvarts c

coin worth 25 cents

French: pièce de vingt-cinq cents f
Italian: moneta di venticinque centesimi
Persian: بیست و پنج سنتی (Bistopanj-senti)

period of three months

Dutch: trimester
Finnish: neljännesvuosi
French: trimestre m
German: Quartal n
Icelandic: fjórðungur
Indonesian: kuartal
Interlingua: trimestre

Japanese: ４半期 / 四半期 (しはんき, shihanki)
Persian: فصل (fasl)
Portuguese: trimestre m
Russian: квартал m (kvartal)
Spanish: trimestre m
Swedish: kvartal n

section of a town

French: quartier m
Persian: محله (Mahalle)

Transitive verb

to quarter (quartering, quartered)

To divide into quarters.

Related terms

quart
quarterly
quarters

WordNet Definitions

thirteen

1. one-fourth, fourth, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern -- (one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound").
2. quarter -- (a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter").
3. quarter -- (one of four periods of play into which some games are divided; "both teams scored in the first quarter").
4. quarter -- (a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour; "it's a quarter til 4"; "a quarter after 4 o'clock").
5. quarter -- (one of four periods into which the school year is divided; "the fall quarter ends at Christmas").
6. quarter -- (a fourth part of a year; three months; "unemployment fell during the last quarter").
7. quarter -- (one of the four major division of the compass; "the wind is coming from that quarter").
8. quarter -- (a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)).
9. quarter -- (a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)).
10. quarter -- (a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar; "he fed four quarters into the slot machine").
11. quarter -- (an unspecified person; "he dropped a word in the right quarter").
12. stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail -- (the rear part of a ship).
13. quarter -- (piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp).

four

1. quarter, billet, canton -- (provide housing for (military personnel)).
2. draw, quarter, draw and quarter -- (pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes").
3. quarter -- (divide into quarters; "quarter an apple").
4. quarter -- (divide by four; divide into quarters).

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