Definitions:

1. a district of a city having some distinguishing character noun
   • The French Quarter of the city is considered to be the most beautiful.
2. a fourth part of a year, usually in financial areas noun
   • What are your sales figures for the last quarter?
3. a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour noun
   • It's now a quarter to four.
4. a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar noun
   • I fed four quarters into the slot machine.
5. an unspecified person noun
   • They dropped a word in the right quarter.
6. clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent noun
   • We surrendered but asked for quarter, hoping that our captors would be accommodating.
7. one of four equal parts noun
   • I ate a quarter of the pie.
8. one of four periods into which the school year is divided noun
   • The fall quarter ends at Christmas.
9. one of four timed divisions into which some games are divided noun
   • Both teams scored in the first quarter.
10. one of the four major division of the compass noun
    • The wind is coming from that quarter.
11. piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp noun
    • I had the cobbler replace the quarter on my boots.
12. the rear part of a ship noun
    • I snuck aboard the boat by hiding in the quarter.
13. to divide by four verb
    • If you quarter twelve, you get three.
14. to divide into quarters verb
    • I quartered a pie.
15. to provide housing for, usually used for military personnel verb
    • I was quartered in a bunker at first.
16. to pull a person apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them verb
    • In the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes.

Synonyms:

• billet
• draw
• fourth
• fourth part
• one-fourth
• one-quarter
• quartern
• tail

NearBy Words:

• quarter-century
• quarter-hour
• quarter-tone
• quarter-vine
• quarterback
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• quartering
• quarterlight
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• quartern
• quarteron
• quarters
• quarterstaff