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Meaning of quarter

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  quarter
      n 1: one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound" [syn: {one-
           fourth}, {fourth}, {one-quarter}, {quarter}, {fourth part},
           {twenty-five percent}, {quartern}]
      2: a district of a city having some distinguishing character;
         "the Latin Quarter"
      3: (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions
         into which some games are divided; "both teams scored in the
         first quarter"
      4: a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour;
         "it's a quarter til 4"; "a quarter after 4 o'clock"
      5: one of four periods into which the school year is divided;
         "the fall quarter ends at Christmas"
      6: a fourth part of a year; three months; "unemployment fell
         during the last quarter"
      7: one of the four major division of the compass; "the wind is
         coming from that quarter"
      8: a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
      9: a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
      10: a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a
          dollar; "he fed four quarters into the slot machine"
      11: an unspecified person; "he dropped a word in the right
          quarter"
      12: the rear part of a ship [syn: {stern}, {after part},
          {quarter}, {poop}, {tail}]
      13: piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot
          covering the heel and joining the vamp
      14: clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent; "he
          surrendered but asked for quarter"
      v 1: provide housing for (military personnel) [syn: {quarter},
           {billet}, {canton}]
      2: 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" [syn: {draw},
         {quarter}, {draw and quarter}]
      3: divide into quarters; "quarter an apple"
      4: divide by four; divide into quarters

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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