Quarter Period Century Extra Examples Noun ˈkwɔːtə(R ˈkwɔːrtər

• a quarter of an hour/a century
• a quarter of a mile/million
• almost a quarter of respondents reported employment discrimination.
• three quarters of all potential customers

quarter

1. one of four equal parts of something
• a quarter of an hour/a century
• a quarter of a mile/million
• Almost a quarter of respondents reported employment discrimination.
• three quarters of all potential customers
• The programme lasted an hour and a quarter.
• Cut the apple into quarters.
• The theatre was about three quarters full.
• He completed his last work a quarter century ago.
2. a period of 15 minutes either before or after every hour
• It’s (a) quarter to four now—I’ll meet you at (a) quarter past.
• It's quarter of four now—I'll meet you at quarter after.
3. a period of three months, used especially as a period for which bills are paid or a company’s income is calculated
• The rent is due at the end of each quarter.
• Our gas bill for the last quarter was much higher than usual.
• Sales were down 10% in the first quarter of 2009.

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• Profits fell during the third quarter.
• the current fiscal quarter
• six consecutive quarters of improved earnings
4. a district or part of a town
• the historic quarter of the city
• As a student in Paris, she loved the Latin quarter.
• The robbery took place in a normally quiet quarter of the town.
5. a person or group of people, especially as a source of help, information or a reaction
• Support for the plan came from an unexpected quarter.
• The news was greeted with dismay in some quarters.
• The move was met with complaints from all quarters (= from everyone).

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• The problem was being discussed in all quarters.
• There was no comment from official quarters on the allegations.
6. a coin of the US and Canada worth 25 cents
7. rooms that are provided for soldiers, servants, etc. to live in
• We were moved to more comfortable living quarters.
• the servants'/officers' quarters

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• He was confined to quarters as a punishment.
• The corporal and his family lived in married quarters.
• the president's private quarters
8. the period of time twice a month when we can see a quarter of the moon
• The moon is in its first quarter.
9. one of the four periods of time into which a game of American football is divided
• Ford scored the winning touchdown early in the fourth quarter.
10. a unit for measuring weight, a quarter of a pound; 4 ounces
11. a unit for measuring weight, 28 pounds in the UK or 25 pounds in the US; a quarter of a hundredweight
12. kind treatment of an enemy or opponent who is in your power
• SYNONYM mercy
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/mercy
• His rivals knew that they could expect no quarter from such a ruthless adversary.
13. very near
• fighting at close quarters

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French quartier, from Latin quartarius ‘fourth part of a measure’, from quartus ‘fourth’, from quattuor ‘four’.