Quarter | Mean of quarter in English Dictionary

/ˈkwoɚtɚ/

• Noun
• one of four equal parts of something
1. Cut the pie into quarters.
2. A quarter [=fourth] of the class voted “no.”
• a unit of something (such as weight or length) that equals one fourth of some larger unit
1. an inch and a quarter
2. a quarter of a cup of sugar
3. It happened three quarters of a century ago. [=75 years ago]
• one of four divisions of an hour
1. He was three quarters of an hour early.
2. It is now (a) quarter to four. = (US) It is now (a) quarter of four. [=it is 15 minutes before four o'clock]
3. The alarm went off at (a) quarter past six. = (US) The alarm went off at (a) quarter after six. [=15 minutes after six o'clock]

• one of four divisions of a year
1. The company's profits rose in the second quarter.
2. (Brit) quarter day [=the first day of a financial quarter when payments are due]
• one of four divisions of a school term usually lasting about 12 weeks
1. She received her grades for the first quarter.
• one of the four equal parts of the playing time of a game (such as basketball or American football)
1. There are two minutes left in the third quarter.
2. The final quarter of the game was very exciting.
• a coin of the United States and Canada that is worth 25 cents
1. Do you have a quarter for the parking meter?
• the sum of 25 cents
1. The candy costs a quarter.
• a person or group of people or an area in which people live
1. Concern has been expressed in many quarters. [=many people have expressed concern]
2. The move was met with dismay in this quarter.
3. My brother and I have not spoken in years so I expect no help from that quarter. [=I expect no help from my brother]
4. Complaints came from all quarters. [=from many people or places]
• a part or area of a city
1. She lives in the historic quarter. [=district]
• the place where someone lives
1. Our living quarters were very comfortable.
2. soldiers'/servants' quarters
• one of the two times during a month when a quarter of the moon's surface can be seen
1. The moon was in its/the first quarter.
2. a quarter moon
• close together usually in a very small space
1. The sailors were living in close quarters.
2. We could observe the behavior of all the animals at close quarters. [=from a short distance]
• no pity or mercy
1. The soldiers showed/gave no quarter to the enemy.
2. They received no quarter or sympathy.
• Verb
• to divide or separate (something) into four parts
1. The hunters quartered the deer.
2. She quartered the potatoes.
• to provide (someone) with a place to stay for a usually short period of time
1. We were quartered in log cabins at the camp.
• equal or about nearly equal in size, value, amount, etc., to one fourth of something
1. a quarter century ago
2. a quarter acre of land
3. They live less than a quarter mile from us.