quarter
quar
ˈkwɔr
kvawr
ter
tər
tēr
/ˈkwɔːtə/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "quarter"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āϚāϤ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ, āĻĒāρāϚāĻŋāĻļ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ

a portion that represents one-fourth of a whole
quarter definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The project is divided into four quarters, each with its own deadline.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋāϰ āύāĻŋāϜāĻ¸ā§āĻŦ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧀āĻŽāĻž āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
1.1

āĻāĻ• āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻžāϰ, ⧍ā§Ģ āϏ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻž

a coin in the U.S. and Canadian currency systems that is worth 25 cents
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He flipped a quarter to decide who would go first in the game.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āϟāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
1.2

āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧈āĻŽāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ•, āϚāϤ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ

one of the four segments that divide the academic year, lasting around three months
Dialectamerican flagAmerican
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He completed his term paper during the first quarter of the school year.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻžāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻĒ⧇āĻĒāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
1.3

āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻžāϰ, āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦ

a division of time in a game or sport, usually consisting of four equal parts
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The coach gave instructions during the break between quarters.
āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāϟāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧋āϚ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
1.4

āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧈āĻŽāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ•, āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻžāϰ

a period of three months, typically used in financial contexts
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Investors closely monitor earnings during the first quarter.
āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ—āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧈āĻŽāĻžāϏāĻŋāϕ⧇ āφāϝāĻŧ āϘāύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻŦ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
1.5

āϚāϤ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ, āĻĒāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ

a measure of time that equals 15 minutes
quarter definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He arrived a quarter past eight, just in time for the presentation.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāϟāϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
1.6

āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧈āĻŽāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ•, āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧈āĻŽāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ•

the point in the lunar cycle where one-fourth of the moon's surface is visible
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The first quarter moon illuminated the sky with a soft glow.
āϚāϤ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āϚāĻžāρāĻĻ āύāϰāĻŽ āφāϞ⧋āϝāĻŧ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļāϕ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āϚāϤ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ, āĻāĻ• āϚāϤ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ

a unit of length or weight that equals one-fourth of a larger unit
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He lifted a quarter ton of weight during his workout.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āφāωāĻŸā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āϟāύ āĻ“āϜāύ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
2.1

āĻāĻ• āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āϟ, āĻāĻ• āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻžāϰ

a unit of weight in the U.S. system, representing one-fourth of a hundredweight, which equals 25 pounds
Dialectamerican flagAmerican
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They loaded a quarter hundredweight of grain into the truck.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ• āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āϟ āĻļāĻ¸ā§āϝ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
2.2

āĻāĻ• āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āϟ, āĻāĻ• āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻžāϰ

a unit of weight in the UK system that equals 28 pounds
Dialectbritish flagBritish
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They ordered a quarter hundredweight of barley for the farm.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ–āĻžāĻŽāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āϟ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ

an area within a city that has a unique identity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The arts quarter is known for its galleries and theaters.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ—ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ⧀ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĨāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϟāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
04

āϚāϤ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ, āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•

one of the four main directions on a compass
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The ship sailed into the western quarter of the compass.
āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽ āϚāϤ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
05

āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ, āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ

an unknown or unspecified source of information, opinion, or assistance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Support for the bill emerged from several quarters in the legislature.
āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āφāχāύāϏāĻ­āĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
06

āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻžāϰ, āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

the part of a ship located toward the rear on either side, just behind the middle
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The ship turned to avoid the storm brewing off its port quarter.
āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āϟ āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻžāϰ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻžāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ“āĻ āĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
01

āϚāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to divide something into four equal parts
Transitive: to quarter sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The recipe instructs you to quarter the chicken before cooking.
āϰ⧇āϏāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻŽā§āϰāĻ—āĻŋāϕ⧇ āϚāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
02

āφāĻŦāĻžāϏāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to provide someone with a place to live, typically for a temporary or specific period
Transitive: to quarter sb | to quarter sb somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The university has been known to quarter exchange students in host families to help them adapt to the local culture.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāĻĒ āĻ–āĻžāχāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšā§‹āĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•ā§āϏāĻšā§‡āĻžā§āϜ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻŦāĻžāϏāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
03

āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to move through or cover an area thoroughly and in various directions, often implying a systematic search
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The search party began to quarter the area, looking for any signs of the missing hikers.
āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āϖ⧁āρāϜāϤ⧇ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āρāϜāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āϚāĻžāρāĻĻ āϚāϤ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ⧇ āφāϛ⧇, āϚāĻžāρāĻĻ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāϤ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇

(of the moon) to progress through its phases, particularly the first and the last
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the month progresses, the moon will continue to quarter until it becomes full.
āĻŽāĻžāϏ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϚāĻžāρāĻĻ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āύāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϚāϤ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āϚāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϕ⧋āϟ āĻ…āĻĢ āφāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϏāϕ⧇ āϚāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(in heraldry) to divide a shield into four parts and place symbols or designs of another family or kingdom in one or more of those sections, done to signify an alliance or inheritance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The knight 's shield was quartered to represent his dual allegiance to both England and Spain.
āύāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĸāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āχāĻ‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒ⧇āύ āωāĻ­āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦ⧈āϤ āφāύ⧁āĻ—āĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

quarterly
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