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quarter en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈk(w)ɔɾtəɾ/ (Scotland)
• /ˈk(w)ɔɹ.tɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈk(w)oːtə/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
• /ˈk(w)ɔːtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈk(w)ɔɹ.ɾɚ] (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English quarter, from Anglo-Norman quarter, from Latin quartarius, from quartus. Compare Spanish cuarto (“room, quarters; quarter”). Doublet of quartier.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter.
2. (not-comparable) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (¹⁄₄, 25%).
   • a quarter hour; a quarter century; a quarter note; a quarter pound
3. (not-comparable) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.
   • A quarter session is one held quarterly at the end of a quarter.
   • A quarter day is one terminating a quarter of the year.

Antonyms

quadruple

Deriveds

quarter-miler · quarter year · quarter crack · quarter note · quarter pole · quarter pound · quarter final · quarter-hour · quarter waiter · quarter-mile · quarter century · quarter blanket · quarter day · quarter sovereign · quarter horse · quarter bottle · quarter session · quarter seam · quarter moon

quarter en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈk(w)ɔɾtəɾ/ (Scotland)
• /ˈk(w)ɔɹ.tɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈk(w)oːtə/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
• /ˈk(w)ɔːtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈk(w)ɔɹ.ɾɚ] (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English quarter, from Anglo-Norman quarter, from Latin quartarius, from quartus. Compare Spanish cuarto (“room, quarters; quarter”). Doublet of quartier.

Meanings

1. (broadly, countable, uncountable) A fourth part of something. ▸ Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
   • For companies such as Trans Pennine Express, it will be even harder. It has the unwelcome claim to being Britain's worst train operator, with recent statistics from the Office of Rail and Road showing it cancelled nearly a quarter of its services in February, with lack of available train crew a real problem. 2023 April 5, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Pay deal a positive result”, in RAIL, number 980, page 3:
   • A majority of companies in the S&P 500 have at least one woman on their boards, but only about a quarter have more than two, according to a study from PwC. 2018 September 30, Julia Carpenter and Jackie Wattles, “California has a new law: No more all-male boards”, in CNN Business:
   • I ate a quarter of the pizza.
2. (countable, historical, uncountable) A fourth part of something. ▸ A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.
   • 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. 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 204:
3. (countable, uncountable) A fourth part of something. ▸ A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.
4. (countable, historical, uncountable) A fourth part of something. ▸ A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard.
5. (countable, historical, uncountable) A fourth part of something. ▸ A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night.
   • And aboute the fourth quartre of the nyght, he cam unto them, walkinge apon the see [...]. 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Mark vj:[48]:
6. (countable, uncountable) A fourth part of something. ▸ A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.
   • The FBI began publishing national quarterly crime reports last year, but has not done so for the first two quarters of 2021, stating that they require at least 60% of agencies to submit NIBRS data in order to publish quarterly data. 2021 September 27, Priya Krishnakumar, “Murders rose sharply in 2020 but data is lacking across much of the country”, in CNN:
   • The Shanghai-based company reported Wednesday that net profit soared 246% to 28 billion yuan ($3.9 billion) in the first quarter of 2024, more than double the average analyst estimate of 12.62 billion yuan ($1.7 billion), according to LSEG data. 2024 May 23, Laura He, “Bargain-hungry Americans are flocking to Temu and making its Chinese owner very rich”, in CNN Business:
7. (countable, uncountable) A fourth part of something. ▸ A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.
   • An interesting feature of the church is the invisible clock, which you can hear thumping away as you enter. Constructed in 1525, it is one of the oldest timepieces in England. It chimes the hours and the quarters, and every three hours it plays a hymn. But it has no faces. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 163:
8. (countable, historical, uncountable) A fourth part of something. ▸ A fourth part of a hundredweight.
9. (countable, uncountable) A fourth part of something. ▸ 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.
10. (Canada, US, countable, uncountable) A fourth part of something. ▸ A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
11. (countable, uncountable) A fourth part of something. ▸ One of four equal periods into which a game is divided.
12. (countable, historical, qualifier:Chester, uncountable) A fourth part of something. ▸ A quarter of an acre or 40 roods.
13. (countable, uncountable) Place or position. ▸ A region or place.
    • I am to haste, / And all who under me thir Banners wave, / Homeward with flying march where we possess / The Quarters of the North […]. 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
14. (countable, uncountable) Place or position. ▸ Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass.
15. (countable, uncountable) Place or position. ▸ A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.
    • She could not suggest in what quarter of London the shop in question was likely to be as the deceased was accustomed to go about a good deal. 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
16. (countable, uncountable) Place or position. ▸ One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff.
17. (archaic, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Place or position. ▸ A topic or area of endeavour.
    • “I'll tell you something, too,” retorted the captain, duskily flushing. “I wouldn't sail this ship for the man you are, if you went upon your knees. I've dealt with gentlemen up to now.” “I can tell you the names of a number of gentlemen you'll never deal with any more, and that's the whole of Longhurst's gang,” said Jim. “I'll put your pipe out in that quarter, my friend. Here, rout out your traps as quick as look at it, and take your vermin along with you. I'll have a captain in, this very night, that's a sailor, and some sailors to work for him.” 1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 10, in The Wrecker:
18. (countable, uncountable) Place or position. ▸ The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
    • “My men, the schooner coming up on our weather quarter is a Portuguese pirate.” 1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash:
    • I was one morning walking the deck, when Rogers, whose watch it was, sitting upon the quarter, called to me in his usual style, ‘Come here, Bill.’ 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 80
19. (countable, uncountable) Place or position. ▸ The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.
    • [A]t last she kicked right over the carriage pole and fell down, after giving me a severe blow on my near quarter. [1877], Anna Sewell, “A Strike for Liberty”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, page 106:
20. (countable, uncountable) The back and sides of the upper of a shoe, extending around the wearer's heel to meet the vamp.
21. (countable, often, plural, uncountable) A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.
    • It is something to have that sacerdotal position so frankly recognized; but, I repeat, the ground of objection is an extraordinary one, coming as it does from a Liberal quarter in politics. 1897, National and English Review, page 499:
    • V. Gene Robinson's installation as an Episcopal bishop was greeted largely by silence from gay quarters. 2003, The Advocate, page 44:
    • […] and principled criticism of Obama from black quarters. 2016, Michael Eric Dyson, The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN:
    • opposition to the policy came from an unexpected quarter, as well as from certain quarters which had historically opposed it
    • She took heavy fire from all quarters.
    • We got help form every quarter.
    • all quarters of the socialist movement; praise from Conservative quarters
22. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Relations between people.
    • In quarter, and in terms like bride and groom. c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
    • I knew two that were competitors for the secretary's place, […] and yet kept good quarter between themselves. 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Cunning”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
23. (countable, uncountable) Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.
    • Hard fighting and long labour they had still; for the Southrons were bold men and grim, and fierce in despair, and the Easterlings were strong and war-hardened and asked for no quarter. 1955, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King, page 1110:
24. (abbreviation, archaic, countable, uncountable) A quarterback.
25. (abbreviation, archaic, countable, slang, uncountable) A quartermaster; a quartermaster sergeant.
    • Tietjens said: ‘Send the Canadian sergeant-major to me at the double….’ to the quarter. 1925, Ford Madox Ford, “Parade's End”, in No More Parades, Penguin, published 2012, page 360:
26. (abbreviation, countable, uncountable) A quarterfinal.

Forms

Deriveds

quarter gunner · quarter-zip · quarter window · quarter-miler · quattie · one-quarter · Swan Quarter · Hartington Town Quarter · quarter-yearly · quarter-ass · three-quarter coat · forequarter · Q4 · lambsquarter · quarter-sucker · quarterly · three-quarter bathroom · quarter-witted · tri-quarter · hindquarter · quarter-deck · French Quarter · three-quarter sibling · quarterstaff · Empty Quarter · quarterman · quarter-master · quarterdeck · quarter rest · quarter of · quarter-wave plate · quarter-section · quartermistress · three quarter time · quarter-wavelength film · quarter glass · quarter circle · quarter-plate · quarter-final · quarter-assed · quarter-century · quarterize · midquarter · quarter-saw · no quarter · quarter-pounder · quarterlifer · last quarter · quarter belt · interquarter · quarter pipe · quarter-muncher · quarter-hourly · multiquarter · three-quarter time · fat quarter · quarter-pipe · fifth quarter · three-quarter-time · quarterstave · quarter bathroom · quarterage · quarter-phase · quarter water · quarter eagle · quarter farthing · quarter deck · quarter time · quarter block · Jewellery Quarter · three-quarter sister · who put a quarter in you · quarter saw · quarter-blood · case quarter · three-quarter · quarter-day · close-quarter · close quarter · quarterboy · premiership quarter · gay quarter · quarter-time · grand quarter · false quarter · quarter jack · quarterpace · quarterer · quarter tone · quarter badge · quarterland · quarter of an hour · Lowside Quarter · quarters · quarter-caste · three-quarter moon · quarter-round · academic quarter · quarterfinalist · quarter point · Q2 · quarter nettings · quarter light · quarterlight · quarter-eater · quarter court · black quarter · Hartington Nether Quarter · quarter bill · quarter-ill · quarterite · quarter-up price · quarter-evil · quarter-life crisis · Latin Quarter · one quarter · Q3 · quarterless · on the quarter · three-quarter back · Q1 · quarter-finalist · quarter-hearted · first quarter · quarter-bloke · quarter-breed · three-quarter brother · quarterization · Hartington Middle Quarter · lamb's quarters · quarter section · three quarter-time

Descendants

chwarter · kuwata

Relateds

quart

Synonyms

neighborhood (section of a town) · ghetto (section of a town) · capitoulate (section of a town) · one-fourth (one of four equal parts) · two bits · borough (section of a town) · fourth (one of four equal parts) · fourth part (one of four equal parts) · ¼ (one of four equal parts) · cour (period of three consecutive months) · trimester (period of three consecutive months) · one-quarter (one of four equal parts) · district (section of a town) · ward (section of a town)

Translations (286)

id triwulan (period of three months) · th ควอเตอร์ (basketball period) · nb firedel (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · id setali (coin worth 25 cents) · ca quarter (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · de Stadtteil (section of a town) · fa سهماهه (period of three months) · bar Viadl (section of a town) · ru четвёртая (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · cs kvartál (period of three months) · ru четверта́к (coin worth 25 cents) · uk кварта́л (section of a town) · th เหรียญสลึง (coin worth 25 cents) · nl wijk (section of a town) · fr trimestre (period of three months) · fi neljännesdollari (coin worth 25 cents) · es cuarto (coin worth 25 cents) · hi त्रैमासिक (period of three months) · id perempat (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · th เสี้ยว (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · sl četrtina (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · io quartero (section of a town) · eo kvarono (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ko 사분의 일 (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · is fjórðungur (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · el τεταρτημόριο (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · cy chwarter (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ar حَارَة (section of a town) · he עֲגָבָה (Aftmost part of a vessel's side) · et neljandik (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · he רֹבַע (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · th ควอร์เตอร์ (basketball period) · mi hauwhā (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · es cuartel (section of a town) · nrf quartchi (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · gv kerroo (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ia trimestre (period of three months) · sv kvarts (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ja 四分の一 (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · nn fjerdedel (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · hy քառորդ (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · tr bölge (section of a town) · sk štvrťrok (period of three months) · es cuadra (section of a town) · ms suku (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ro monedă de douăzeci și cinci cenți (coin worth 25 cents) · zza çeyreg (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · pl ćwierćdolarówka (coin worth 25 cents) · hi चवन्नी (coin worth 25 cents) · ko 분기 (period of three months) · io quarimo (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · tr muhit (section of a town) · de Veedel (section of a town) · la vicus (section of a town) · th เขต (section of a town) · yi פֿערטל (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · qu yaqa (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ga ráithe (period of three months) · da kvarter (section of a town) · th หนึ่งส่วนสี่ (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · my မတ် (coin worth 25 cents) · vo tedaharat (section of a town) · ckb چارەک (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · tr mahalle (section of a town) · it quartiere (section of a town) · hi चौथाई (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · zza çeyregser (period of three months) · srm kwaliki (coin worth 25 cents) · ko 쿼터 (basketball period) · ta கால் (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · el τετράγωνο (section of a town) · nl vierdeel (section of a town) · nl kwartje (coin worth 25 cents) · az çərək (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · nb kvartal (period of three months) · hu városnegyed (section of a town) · sv fjärdedel (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · te పావు భాగం (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ru кварта́л (period of three months) · it trimestre (period of three months) · he אַחְרָה (Aftmost part of a vessel's side) · gd ceathramh (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · hns tjonnie (coin worth 25 cents) · ms perempat (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · grc φάρσος (section of a town) · ka კვარტალი (section of a town) · es cora (coin worth 25 cents) · kmr çarêk (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · lt ketvirtadalis (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · nn kvartal (period of three months) · ro trimestru (period of three months) · pl dzielnica (section of a town) · vo plödaharat (section of a town) · tr dördün (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · hu negyed (section of a town) · ja 街区 (section of a town) · vo luharat (section of a town) · haw hapahā (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · fi neljäsosa (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · nl kwartier (section of a town) · bg че́твърт (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · nn firedel (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · fr quart (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · nl vierde (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ja クォーター (basketball period) · te త్రైమాసికం (period of three months) · nb fjerdedel (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · no bydel (section of a town) · is fjórðungur (section of a town) · mk четвртина (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · th ย่าน (section of a town) · it quarto (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · fi neljännes (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · zza mahla (section of a town) · ro sfert (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · nl vierdeel (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · vo harat (section of a town) · da fjerdedel (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · sl četrt (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · bar Viadl (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · de Viertel (section of a town) · nl stadsdeel (section of a town) · ml കാല് (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ru че́тверть (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · hi तिमाही (period of three months) · tg чоряк (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · da kvartal (period of three months) · th แถบ (section of a town) · el τριμηνία (period of three months) · dsb běrtyl (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · fo ársfjórðingur (period of three months) · tr yaka (section of a town) · he רֹבַע (section of a town) · bg тримесечие (period of three months) · km មួយភាគបួន (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ky чейрек (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ja 四半分 (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · pt quarta parte (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ka კვარტალი (part on either side of a horse's hoof between toe and heel) · hu negyed (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ca barri (section of a town) · tr çeyrek (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ro pătrar (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · nl kwartaal (period of three months) · bg кварта́л (section of a town) · he יַרְכָה (Aftmost part of a vessel's side) · la plaga (section of a town) · ckb بیستوپێنج سەنت (coin worth 25 cents) · sv kvart (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · te నాలుగో వంతు (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ia quarto (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · srn tyawa (coin worth 25 cents) · az rüb (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ka მეოთხედი (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · dsb běrtyl (section of a town) · ltg catūrtdale (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · fa محله (section of a town) · de Quartier (section of a town) · eo kvaronjaro (period of three months) · cs čtvrt (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · cs čtvrťák (coin worth 25 cents) · pl kwartał (period of three months) · jv sêtali (coin worth 25 cents) · es trimestre (period of three months) · grc τέταρτον (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · hi पावली (coin worth 25 cents) · zdj mraya (section of a town) · fi kaupunginosa (section of a town) · uz chorak (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ko 4분의 1 (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · srn drisren (coin worth 25 cents) · ca quart (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ro pătrime (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · sh četvrt (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · is fjórðungur (period of three months) · el συνοικία (section of a town) · fa ربع (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · uk ква́ртал (period of three months) · gd ràith (period of three months) · es cuartel (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · cmn 季度 (period of three months) · nl kwart (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · de Quartal (period of three months) · fr quartier (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · uk четверта́к (coin worth 25 cents) · nl trimester (period of three months) · vi phần tư (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · cs čtvrtletí (period of three months) · ms ڤرامڤت (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ja 四半期 (period of three months) · id kuartal (period of three months) · pt quarteirão (section of a town) · lt ketvirtis (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · id trimester (period of three months) · sv stadsdel (section of a town) · yi קוואָדער (coin worth 25 cents) · gd cairteal (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ia quarte parte (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · hi फसल (period of three months) · la quarta (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · et kvartal (section of a town) · eo kvartalo (section of a town) · grc ἄμφοδον (section of a town) · et veerand (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · de Vierteljahr (period of three months) · io yaroquarimo (period of three months) · is hverfi (section of a town) · da kvart (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · hy քառորդ (period of three months) · cy chwarter (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ru кварта́л (section of a town) · et veerandaeg (basketball period) · fa چهاریک (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · sw robo (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · la quadrans (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · km សង្កាត់ (section of a town) · pdc Vardel (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · so xaafad (section of a town) · el τέταρτο (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · vo pöfanaharat (section of a town) · sh четврт (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · pl ćwierć (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · crh kvartal (period of three months) · bg четръртина (basketball period) · tr trimestır (period of three months) · de Kiez (section of a town) · nv naaki yáál (coin worth 25 cents) · fr quartier (part on either side of a horse's hoof between toe and heel) · no kvarter (section of a town) · be кварта́л (section of a town) · srn kwartyi (coin worth 25 cents) · fa چارک (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ga ceathrú (section of a town) · io trimestro (period of three months) · lt kvartalas (section of a town) · fi neljännesvuosi (period of three months) · ta பகுதி (section of a town) · be чвэрць (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · fo fjórðingur (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · cs čtvrť (section of a town) · tr semt (section of a town) · kk ширек (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · sq çerek (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · sv period (basketball period) · hi मुहल्ला (section of a town) · th หนึ่งในสี่ (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · mnc ᡨᡠᠪᡳ (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · fr quartier (section of a town) · pt trimestre (period of three months) · el τρίμηνο (period of three months) · ar رُبُع (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · gl cuarto (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · pt quarto (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ka კვარტალი (period of three months) · ta பேட்டை (section of a town) · uk чверть (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · hu negyedév (period of three months) · es cuarto (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · sv kvarter (section of a town) · ga ceathrú (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · ja 四半 (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · sv kvartal (period of three months) · hy թաղամաս (section of a town) · th ไตรมาส (period of three months) · ro cartier (section of a town) · ja 地区 (section of a town) · tr civar (section of a town) · he רִבְעוֹן (period of three months) · cmn 四分之一 (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · de Viertel (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · lad maalé (section of a town) · el δεκάλεπτο (basketball period) · sk štvrť (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · de Vierteldollar (coin worth 25 cents) · fi vuosineljännes (period of three months) · tr çeyrekyıl (period of three months) · fa فصل (period of three months) · lv ceturtdaļa (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth) · fa بیست و پنج سنتی (coin worth 25 cents) · ru че́тверть (period of three months) · es barrio (section of a town) · et kvartal (period of three months) · gl barrio (section of a town) · lt ketvirtis (period of three months) · pt moeda de vinte e cinco centavos (coin worth 25 cents) · vo foldil (one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth)

wikidata: Q123705

quarter en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈk(w)ɔɾtəɾ/ (Scotland)
• /ˈk(w)ɔɹ.tɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈk(w)oːtə/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
• /ˈk(w)ɔːtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈk(w)ɔɹ.ɾɚ] (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English quarter, from Anglo-Norman quarter, from Latin quartarius, from quartus. Compare Spanish cuarto (“room, quarters; quarter”). Doublet of quartier.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
2. (transitive) To provide housing for (usually military personnel or equipment).
   • I thought that I might as well quarter myself on you for a couple of days. 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
   • Quarter the horses in the third stable.
3. (intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
4. (transitive) To quartersaw.
   • But there is, as in other woods, a great deal of difference between this and the quartered timber. 1758, Thomas Hale, A Compleat Body Of Husbandry, page 333:
5. (historical, transitive) To execute (someone) by tying each limb to a different animal (such as a horse) and driving them in different directions.
6. To display different coats of arms in the quarters of a shield.
   • It [the Central London Railway] assumed a modest and entirely heraldic device, quartering the arms of the City of London, the parishes of St. George's, Holborn (St. George and the dragon) and St. Marylebone (the Virgin and Child between two lilies […]), and the county of Middlesex, surmounted by the dragon's wing from the City's crest. 1950 June, Michael Robbins, “Heraldry of London Underground Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 382:
7. (transitive) To range to and fro over an area; to move from point to point.

Forms

Antonyms

quadruple

Relateds

draw and quarter · requarter

Synonyms

stay over (to have a temporary residence) · stop

Translations (40)

gl albergar (to provide housing) · cs rozčtvrtit (to divide into quarters; to divide by four) · pl kwaterować (to provide housing) · es cuartear (to divide into quarters; to divide by four) · de quartieren (to provide housing) · bg разквартирувам (to provide housing) · cs čtvrtit (to divide into quarters; to divide by four) · nl vierdelen (to divide into quarters; to divide by four) · de vierteln (to divide into quarters; to divide by four) · io akantonar (to provide housing) · el τεταρτιάζω (to divide into quarters; to divide by four) · fi majoittua (to have a temporary residence — see also lodge) · gl aloxar (to provide housing) · bg разделям на четири (to divide into quarters; to divide by four) · nrf quarteller (to divide into quarters; to divide by four) · gl cuartear (to divide into quarters; to divide by four) · fi jakaa neljään osaan (to divide into quarters; to divide by four) · fi jakaa neljällä (to divide into quarters; to divide by four) · de einquartieren (to provide housing) · ja 四分する (to divide into quarters; to divide by four) · it squartare (to divide into quarters; to divide by four) · la quadripartiō (to divide into quarters; to divide by four) · el φιλοξενώ (to provide housing) · haw pāhā (to divide into quarters; to divide by four) · io quarpecigar (to divide into quarters; to divide by four) · nl vierendelen (to divide into quarters; to divide by four) · fi majoittaa (to provide housing) · de aufnehmen (to provide housing) · pl poćwiartować (to divide into quarters; to divide by four) · el διαιρώ (to divide into quarters; to divide by four) · io lojigar (to provide housing) · de vierteilen (to divide into quarters; to divide by four) · nl inkwartieren (to provide housing) · nl kwartieren (to provide housing) · pl zakwaterować (to provide housing) · nl onderbrengen (to provide housing) · ja 四分割する (to divide into quarters; to divide by four) · de unterbringen (to provide housing) · io enkazernigar (to provide housing) · pl ćwiartować (to divide into quarters; to divide by four)

quarter en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈk(w)ɔɾtəɾ/ (Scotland)
• /ˈk(w)ɔɹ.tɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈk(w)oːtə/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
• /ˈk(w)ɔːtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈk(w)ɔɹ.ɾɚ] (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French cartayer.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) 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.
   • Every creature that met us would rely upon us for quartering 1821 September–October, [Thomas De Quincey], “(please specify the page)”, in Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, 2nd edition, London: […] [J. Moyes] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1823, →OCLC:

Forms