quarter

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Verb 2 Catalan 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Synonyms

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[edit] Etymology

Via French from Latin quartus

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)tə(r)

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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

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• (one of four equal parts): fourth, fourth part
• (period of three consecutive months): trimester
• (section of a town): borough, district, region

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• quart

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[edit] Verb

to 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.

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

From Latin quartus

[edit] Noun

quarter m. (plural quarters)

1. fourth

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• quart