quarter

quarter

quarter (third-person singular simple present quarters, present participle quartering, simple past and past participle quartered)

1. (transitive) To divide into quarters.
2. (transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.

   Quarter the horses in the third stable.

quarter (countable and uncountable; plural quarters)

1. Any one of four equal parts into which something has been divided.
2. (United States and Canada) A coin worth 25 cents.
3. A period of three consecutive months.
4. A section or area (of a town, etc.).
5. (uncountable) Accommodation granted to a defeated opponent
   • ""Sir, they have asked for quarter."" ""Have they? Well, we will give no quarter.""
6. An old English measure of corn, containing 8 bushels.
   • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, p. 204.

     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.

7. An old English measure of cloth, nine inches or four nails
8. (historical) Each of the four divisions or watches of a twelve-hour night.
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark VI:

     And aboute the fourth quartre of the nyght, he cam unto them, walkinge apon the see [...].

quarter (not comparable) (also spelled with prefix quarter-)

1. Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter.
2. (chiefly) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (1/4, 25%).
   • A quarter hour; a quarter century; a quarter note; a quarter pound.
3. (chiefly) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.
   • A quarter day is one terminating a quarter of the year.
   • A quarter session is one held quarterly at the end of a quarter.

	quarto
	one of four equal parts
	Una qualsiasi delle quattro parti uguali in cui qualcosa è stato diviso.
	Any of the four equal parts into which something has been divided.

	trimestre
	period of three months
	A period of three months.

	quartiere
	section of a town

circondario

distretto

	acquartierare
	To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.

	centesimi
	coin worth 25 cents

	moneta
	coin worth 25 cents

	venticinque
	coin worth 25 cents

accantonare

alloggiare

alloggio

direzione

dividere in quattro

mezzaluna

moneta di venticinque centesimi

quarta

quarto di dollaro

smembrare

un quarto

zona

Altri significati:

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(historical) Each of the four divisions or watches of a twelve-hour night.

(transitive) To divide into quarters.

A section or area (of a town, etc.).

To divide into four (equal) parts.

An old English measure of cloth, nine inches or four nails

(uncountable) Accommodation granted to a defeated opponent

A period of three consecutive months.

An old English measure of corn, containing 8 bushels.

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

(United States and Canada) A coin worth 25 cents.

divide into quarters

A part of a town with its own particular features and distinctive characteristics which give it a certain unity and identity.

(transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.

(chiefly) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (1/4, 25%).

Any one of four equal parts into which something has been divided.

quarter (of a year)

Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter.

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