n.

1. One of four equal parts.
2. A coin equal to one fourth of the dollar of the United States and Canada.
3. One fourth of an hour; 15 minutes.
4. (Abbr. Q)
   1. One fourth of a year; three months: Sales were up in the second quarter.
   2. An academic term lasting approximately three months.
5. Astronomy.
   1. One fourth of the period of the moon's revolution around Earth.
   2. One of the four phases of the moon: the first quarter; the third quarter.
6. Sports. One of four equal periods of playing time into which some games, such as football and basketball, are divided.
7. One fourth of a yard; nine inches.
8. One fourth of a mile; two furlongs.
9. One fourth of a pound; four ounces.
10. One fourth of a ton; 500 pounds. Used as a measure of grain.
11. Chiefly British. A measure of grain equal to approximately eight bushels.
12. 1. One fourth of a hundredweight; 25 pounds.
    2. One fourth of a British hundredweight; 28 pounds.
13. 1. One of the four major divisions of the compass.
    2. One fourth of the distance between any two of the 32 divisions of the compass.
    3. One of the four major divisions of the horizon as determined by the four major points of the compass.
    4. A region or an area of the earth thought of as falling into such a specific division of the compass.
    5. Nautical. The general direction on either side of a ship located 45° off the stern.
14. Nautical.
    1. The upper portion of the after side of a ship, usually between the aftermost mast and the stern.
    2. The part of a yard between the slings and the yardarm.
15. Heraldry. Any of four equal divisions of a shield.
16. One leg of an animal's carcass, usually including the adjoining parts.
17. Either side of a horse's hoof.
18. The part of the side of a shoe between the heel and the vamp.
19. quarters A place of residence, especially the buildings or barracks used to house military personnel or their dependents.
20. A proper or assigned station or place, as for officers and crew on a warship. Often used in the plural.
21. often Quarter A specific district or section, as of a city: the French Quarter.
22. An unspecified person or group. Often used in the plural: information from the highest quarters.
23. Mercy or clemency, especially when displayed or given to an enemy.

adj.

1. Being one of four equal or equivalent parts.
2. Being one fourth of a standard or usual value.

v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters.

v.tr.

1. 1. To divide into four equal or equivalent parts.
   2. To quartersaw.
2. To divide or separate into a number of parts.
3. To dismember (a human body) into four parts.
4. Heraldry. To divide (a shield) into four equal areas with vertical and horizontal lines.
5. 1. To mark or place (holes, for example) a fourth of a circle apart.
   2. To locate and adjust (one machine part) at right angles to its connecting part within the machine.
6. To furnish with housing: quartered the troops in an old factory building.
7. To traverse (an area of ground) laterally back and forth while slowly advancing forward.

v.intr.

1. To take up or be assigned lodgings.
2. To cover an area of ground by ranging over it from side to side.

[Middle English, from Old French quartier, from Latin quārtārius, from quārtus, fourth.]

USAGE NOTE   When referring to the time of day, the article a is optional in phrases such as (a) quarter to (or of, before, or till) nine; (a) quarter after (or past) ten.

noun

1. One of four equal parts of something: quartern. See part/whole.
2. A part of the earth's surface: area, belt, district, locality, neighborhood, region, tract, zone. Informal neck of the woods. See territory.
3. A rather small part of a geographic unit considered in regard to its inhabitants or distinctive characteristics. area, district, neighborhood. See territory.

verb

To provide with often temporary lodging: accommodate, bed (down), berth, bestow, billet, board, bunk¹, domicile, harbor, house, lodge, put up, room. See protection/exposure.

n

Definition: forgiveness
Antonyms: disfavor, mercilessness

v

Definition: provide lodging
Antonyms: turn away

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Two bits. This in turn comes from the ‘pieces of eight’ famed in pirate movies — Spanish silver crowns that could be broken into eight pie-slice-shaped ‘bits’ to make change. Early in American history the Spanish coin was considered equal to a dollar, so each of these ‘bits’ was considered worth 12.5 cents. Syn. tayste, crumb, quad. Usage: rare. General discussion of such terms is under nybble.

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n. 1. either side of a ship aft of the beam: he trained his glasses over the starboard quarter.

2. (quarters) rooms or lodgings, especially those allocated to servicemen.

3. pity or mercy shown toward an enemy or opponent who is in one's power: the riot squad gave no quarter.

v.

1. cut (the body of an executed person) into four parts: the plotters were hanged, drawn, and quartered.

2. (be quartered) be stationed or lodged in a specified place: many were quartered in tents.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

length Symbol qtr. UK For textiles, ¼ yard = 9 in (0.228 6 m); also, in a nautical context, a quarter of a fathom = 18 in (0.457 2 m).

North America For dressed lumber ¼ in (6.35 mm) of thickness.

area Canada Notably for land as the quarter- section (160 ac, 64.749 7~ ha).

volume 8 bushels. Originally a quarter of a wey.

mass A quarter of a hundredweight:

BI 28 lb (12.701~ kg, but see pound for precise values). The finest measure to which truck weighings were expressed in UK pre-metric practice, the quarter was removed from official UK measures in 1985.The UK Weights and Measures Act 1985 explicitly excluded from use for trade the bushell, cental, chain, drachm, dram, fluid drachm, furlong, grain, hundredweight, ounce apoth., peck, pennyweight, quarter, quintal, rood, scruple, stone, ton, the square mile, cubic inch, cubic foot, cubic yard, and the term ‘metric ton’. However, the legal status of the bushell, fluid drachm, and peck had been repealed, along with all apothecaries' units and troy units other than ounce, by Order in 1970. Besides the remaining BI units and the simple SI units, the Act included the kilometre, decimetre, centimetre and millimetre, the square metre, square decimetre, square centimetre and square millimetre, the hectare and decare along with the are, the cubic metre, cubic decimetre and cubic centimetre, the hectolitre decilitre, centilitre and millilitre, the tonne (or ‘metric tonne’), kilogram, hectogram, milligram and carat (metric). All had been included in the similar Act of 1963, but with some variation of name: -gram was -gramme, decare was dekare, the tonne appeared only as metric ton.

US-C 25 lb (11.340~ kg).

time Notably for the first 3 months (first quarter, Q1) and succeeding 3-month units of the year (Q2, Q3, Q4), whether the calendar year or such other year as a fiscal year; hence also lesser periods of such nominal years as a 10-month school year. Also used for a quarter of an hour in duration and the quarter-hour time-point.

plane angle Notably in a nautical context, a quarter of a compass point, = ¼ × ¹/₃₂ revolution = ¹/₁₂₈ revolution (= π/64 rad, 2° 48′ 45″).

1. A small timber used as an upright stud in partitions to which the laths are nailed.
2. A square panel.

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1. hindquarter.
2. lateral or medial sides of the wall of the hoof of the horse.
3. one of the four individual glands in the udder of a cow.

• black q. — see blackleg.
• blind q. — a quarter in the udder of a lactating cow that does not produce any milk when the other quarters are doing so. Caused usually by a prior attack of mastitis.
• q. crack — crack in the lateral or medial wall of the hoof, beginning at the coronet. Usually cause no lameness.

  Quarter horse. By permission from Sambraus HH, Livestock Breeds, Mosby, 1992

• hoof q. — side of the hoof.
• q. infection rate — percentage of udder quarters at risk in a herd found to be infected with mastitis-causing bacteria by bacteriological examination of quarter samples of milk. May be as low as 10% in herds utilizing a full mastitis control program. See also mastitis infection rate.
• q. marks — designs made in the haircoat of a horse by grooming the hair in a direction the reverse of its normal growth pattern.
• q. sheet — an item of horse clothing; a lightweight half blanket covering the horse from the girth to the tail.

IN BRIEF: One of four equal parts into which anything is divided.

If you see a formula in the Physical Review that extends over a quarter of a page, forget it. It's wrong. Nature isn't that complicated. — Bernd T. Matthias

Dansk (Danish)
n. - kvart, fjerdedel, kvarter, egn, verdenshjørne, kant, side, logi, fjerdedelsnode
v. tr. - indkvartere, forlægge, firedele, være indkvarteret i, sejle i kvartvind
v. intr. - være indkvarteret, køre i vejsiden
adj. - kvart-

idioms:

• ask for quarter    bede om logi
• at close quarters    på tæt hold
• give no quarter    giv ingen nåde
• quarter after    kvarter over
• quarter before    kvarter i
• quarter day    termin, forfaldsdag for kvartalsindbetalinger
• quarter note    fjerdedelsnode
• quarter of    en fjerdedel
• quarter past    kvarter over
• quarter to    kvarter i

Nederlands (Dutch)
kwart, stadsdeel, kwartaal, (mv) huisvesting/ barakken, kwartier, 25 cent (US/ Canada), kwart Engelse pond, windstreek, bron (van hulp/informatie etc.), genade, acht bushels graan, kwart centenaar (Engels/ Amerikaans), achterwerk van schip, inkwartieren, vierendelen, in vieren delen, iemand opzadelen met huurder, doorkruisen (jachthond), wapen plaatsen op/toevoegen aan schild, vakverdeling aanbrengen op schild

Français (French)
n. - quart, quart d'heure, logement, (gén, Fin) trimestre, quartier, milieu, pitié (littér), (US) vingt-cinq cents, (GB, Mes) (= 12,7 kg), (US, Mes) (= 11,34 kg), (Culin) quartier, (Sport) quart de temps, (Astron) quartier, (gén, Naut) hanche, direction, part, côté, (Mil) quartiers, (US, Can) quart de dollar/vingt-cinq cents
v. tr. - diviser/couper qch en quatre, cantonner, loger, abriter, (Hist) écarteler (prisonnier), (Chasse) quêter
v. intr. - (Chasse) quêter, (Naut) souffler (vent)
adj. - quart, 25 points (au cricket), 250 kg, 500 mètres, trois mois

idioms:

• ask for quarter    demander grâce
• give no quarter    ne pas faire de quartier
• quarter after    et quart
• quarter before    moins le quart
• quarter day    jour de terme
• quarter note    (US, Mus) noire
• quarter of    moins le quart
• quarter past    et quart
• quarter to    moins le quart

Deutsch (German)
n. - Viertel, Stadtviertel, Quartier, Quartal, Schonung, Vierteldollar, Quarter (Maß), Richtung, Quelle, (mar.) Achterschiff, Spielviertel
v. - einquartieren, vierteilen, in vier Teile teilen, durchstöbern
adj. - Viertel-

idioms:

• ask for quarter    um Gnade bitten
• give no quarter    keinen Pardon gewähren
• quarter after    Viertel nach
• quarter before    Viertel vor
• quarter day    Quartalstag
• quarter note    Viertelnote
• quarter of    Viertel vor
• quarter past    Viertel nach
• quarter to    Viertel vor

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τέταρτο, τρίμηνο, συνοικία, γειτονιά, οίκτος, έλεος, χάρη, (στρατ.) καταυλισμός, στρατώνας, 25 σεντς, σημείο (ορίζοντα ή πυξίδας), τεταρτημόριο, (ναυτ.) θέση μάχης, (πληθ.) μέρη, περιοχές
v. - διαιρώ, κόβω ή κομματιάζω στα τέσσερα, (ιστ.) διαμελίζω πτώμα εκτελεσμένου, (στρατ.) στρατωνίζω
adj. - τέταρτο, κατά το τέταρτο, τριμηνιαίος

idioms:

• ask for quarter    ζητώ έλεος
• at close quarters    (από) κοντά, εκ του σύνεγγυς, εγγύτητα, (μτφ.) στενός χώρος
• give no quarter    δεν δείχνω κανένα έλεος
• quarter after    και τέταρτο
• quarter before    παρά τέταρτο
• quarter day    πρώτη ημέρα τριμηνίας (οπότε γίνονται απαιτητές κάποιες οικονομικές απαιτήσεις)
• quarter note    (μουσ.) τέταρτο
• quarter of    και τέταρτο
• quarter past    και τέταρτο
• quarter to    παρά τέταρτο

Italiano (Italian)
alloggi, alloggiare, squartare, quarto, (USA) 25 cents, quartiere, trimestre

idioms:

• (give) no quarter    senza quartiere
• ask for quarter    chiedere grazia
• at close quarters    alle mani, da vicino, corpo a corpo
• quarter day    il primo del trimestre
• quarter note    quarto di tono
• quarter past/after    e un quarto (dell'ora)
• quarter to/before/of    un quarto alle

Português (Portuguese)
n. - quarta parte (f), quartel (m), trimestre (m)
v. - dividir em quartos, aquartelar
adj. - quarteleiro

idioms:

• (give) no quarter    não dar abrigo
• ask for quarter    pedir quartel
• at close quarters    em contato
• quarter day    dias de pagamento trimestral
• quarter note    semínima (Mús.)
• quarter past/after    quarto de hora depois/antes
• quarter to/before/of    um quarto para/antes/de

Русский (Russian)
квартировать, четверть, квартал, казарма

idioms:

• (give) no quarter    не щадить
• ask for quarter    просить пощады
• at close quarters    вблизи
• quarter day    первый день квартала
• quarter note    четвертная нота
• quarter past/after    с четвертью/четверть после
• quarter to/before/of    без четверти/без четверти/четверть

Español (Spanish)
n. - alojamiento, cuartel, cuartos traseros, cuarto, barrio, distrito, trimestre
v. tr. - acuartelar, alojar, descuartizar, hospedar, acantonar
v. intr. - alojarse, marchar oblicuamente, cuartear
adj. - de cuarto o cuarta, del trimestre

idioms:

• ask for quarter    pedir tregua, pedir clemencia
• give no quarter    no dar cuartel, no dar tregua
• quarter after    las ... y cuarto
• quarter before    las ... menos cuarto
• quarter day    primer día del trimestre, día de vencimiento de ciertos pagos
• quarter note    negra
• quarter of    las ... menos cuarto
• quarter past    las ... y cuarto
• quarter to    las ... menos cuarto

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fjärdedel, kvart, kvartal, sl. rymdmått, ung. 1 hekto, 25 cent (am.), fjärding (slakt.), månkvarter, kvarter, håll, sida, logi, bostad, post, station, låring (sjö.), pardon, nåd (mil.)
v. - dela i fyra delar, inkvartera, förlägga (mil.), stycka, sprätta upp, kvadrera, f
adj. - kvart(-s)-, fjärdedels-, kvarters-

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
四分之一, 季度, 四等分之一, 一刻钟, 把...四等分, 使驻扎, 供...住宿, 住宿, 驻扎, 四分之一的, 一半都不到的, 很不完善的

idioms:

• ask for quarter    请求饶命
• at close quarters    接近地
• give no quarter    杀无赦
• quarter after    ...点过...刻钟
• quarter before    ...点差...刻钟
• quarter day    季度日
• quarter note    四分音符
• quarter of    ...点差...刻钟
• quarter past    ...点过...刻钟
• quarter to    差一刻钟...点

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 四分之一, 季度, 四等分之一, 一刻鍾
v. tr. - 把...四等分, 使駐紮, 供...住宿
v. intr. - 住宿, 駐紮
adj. - 四分之一的, 一半都不到的, 很不完善的

idioms:

• ask for quarter    請求饒命
• at close quarters    接近地
• give no quarter    殺無赦
• quarter after    ...點過...刻鐘
• quarter before    ...點差...刻鐘
• quarter day    季度日
• quarter note    四分音符
• quarter of    ...點差...刻鐘
• quarter past    ...點過...刻鐘
• quarter to    差一刻鐘...點

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 4분의 1, 15분, 방면
v. tr. - 4등분하다, 네 갈래로 찢다
v. intr. - 숙박하다, 숙영하다
adj. - 4분의 1의, 4반분의, (군대를) 숙영 시키다

idioms:

• at close quarters    가까이에 접근하여, 거의 맞닿을 만큼에서
• give no quarter    사정없이 해치워라
• quarter to    15분 전

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 15分, 25セント貨, 方位, 一学期, 四半期, 方面, 地域, 地区, クォーター, 宿舎, 4分の1
v. - 4つに分ける, 四肢に分ける, 宿舎をあてがう
adj. - 4分の1の

idioms:

• (give) no quarter    情容赦なく攻撃する
• quarter day    四季支払い勘定日, 四期支払い日
• quarter note    4分音符
• quarter past/after    15分過ぎ
• quarter to/before/of    15分前

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الربع, كوارتر وحدة الوزن, ربع ساعه, ثلاثه أشهر, عمله تساوي ربع دولار أو خمسه وعشرين سنت, حي, حارة, محطه, أحد أقسام الذبيحه, مأوى, رحمه بعدم القضاء على العدو الجريح, ربع القمر, جزء من السفينه, جانب من أعلى الحذاء (فعل) يقطع إلى أربعه, يؤوي, أنزل, يمشط منطقه, يحول من ربع إلى الآخر, تهب الريح على جزء من السفينه (صفه) يحتوي ربع, يساوي ربع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רבע, רבע דולר, רובע, רבע שנה, רחמים המוצעים לאויב בתמורה לכניעה, רביעית (מידה), מגורים, שכונה, מקום, כיוון, מקור, ירכתיים, אחרה, סמסטר, נקודה במצפן, ירכיים (בעוף ובהמות)‬
v. tr. - ‮חילק לארבע חלקים, שיכן, בעיקר חיילים, חילק בול-עץ לארבעה חלקים, שוטט בכל השטח (כלב-ציד או עוף-טרף)‬
v. intr. - ‮השתכן,‬
adj. - ‮היה רבע של דבר הניתן לחלוקה לארבעה חלקים שווים‬

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1875 quarter	quarter horse
1944 quarter	1927 quarter