1. One of four equal parts
   "a quarter of a pound"; "He owned one-quarter of the company";
   - one-fourth, fourth, one-quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern
    
2. A United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
   "he fed four quarters into the slot machine"
    
3. A fourth part of a year; three months
   "unemployment fell during the last quarter"
    
4. 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. A district of a city having some distinguishing character
   "the Latin Quarter"
    
6. One of the four major divisions of the compass
   "the wind is coming from that quarter"
    
7. (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
   "both teams scored in the first quarter"
    
8. One of four periods into which the school year is divided
   "the fall quarter ends at Christmas"
    
9. [US] A quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
   "The butcher sold meat by the quarter"
    
10. [Brit] A quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
    "The butcher sold a quarter of beef"
     
11. The rear part of a ship
    "The passengers gathered on the quarter of the cruise ship to watch the sunset";
    - stern, after part, poop, tail
     
12. Piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
    "The cobbler replaced the worn quarter of the shoe to extend its life"
     
13. An unspecified person
    "he dropped a word in the right quarter"
     
14. Clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
    "he surrendered but asked for quarter"

1. Divide into quarters
   "quarter an apple"
    
2. (military) provide housing for (military personnel)
   "The soldiers were quartered in local homes";
   - billet, canton
    
3. Pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
   "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes";
   - draw, draw and quarter

Derived forms: quartered, quartering, quarters

Type of: academic session, academic term, accommodate, avoirdupois unit, back, British capacity unit, city district, clemency, coin, common fraction, division, Imperial capacity unit, individual, kill, lodge, mercifulness, mercy, mortal, orientation, part, period, period of time, person, piece of leather, rear, school term, section, segment, session, simple fraction, somebody, someone, soul, time period, time span, time unit, unit of time, vulgar fraction [Brit]

Part of: 60 minutes, academic year, cental [archaic], centner, cwt, hour, hr, hundredweight, long hundredweight [Brit], period of play, play, playing period, quintal, school year, ship, short hundredweight, upper

Encyclopedia: Quarter, William