quarter

one of four equal parts

• “a quarter of a pound”

a district of a city having some distinguishing character

• “the Latin Quarter”

one of four periods of play into which some games are divided

• “both teams scored in the first quarter”

a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour

• “it”
• “;”
• “clock”

one of four periods into which the school year is divided

• “the fall quarter ends at Christmas”

a fourth part of a year; three months

• “unemployment fell during the last quarter”

type genus of the Psilophytaceae: genus of small wiry herbaceous Paleozoic plants with underground rhizomes and apical sporangia

a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)

a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)

a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar

• “he fed four quarters into the slot machine”

an unspecified person

• “he dropped a word in the right quarter”

the rear part of a ship

piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp

provide housing for (military personnel)

pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him

• “in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes”

divide into quarters

• “quarter an apple”

divide by four; divide into quarters