Image:2001 Obverse Proof.png|thumb|right|A US quarter, 25 cent coin.
English

Etymology
Via French from Latin quartus

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-quarter.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)t�(r)|-��(r)t�(r)

Noun
en-noun

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. 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.

1. Mercy or pity shown to a defeated opponent

#* "Sir, they have asked for quarter." "Have they? Well, we will give no quarter."

1. An old English measure of cloth, nine inches or four nails

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

Translations
trans-top|one of four equal parts
Arabic: ARchar|ربع IPAchar|(rúb�) m
Albanian: çerek
Catalan: quart
Chinese: ���� (sì f�n zhīyī)
Croatian: t-|hr|�etvrt
Czech: t-|cs|�tvrt
Danish: kvart
Dutch: t+|nl|kwart
Esperanto: t-|eo|kvarono|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: neljandik
Finnish: t-|fi|neljännes, t-|fi|neljäsosa
French: t+|fr|quart|m, t+|fr|quartier
German: t+|de|Viertel|n
Greek: t|el|�έ�α��ο|n|sc=Grek
Hebrew: t+|he|ר�ע|m|sc=Hebr
Hungarian: t+|hu|negyed
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Icelandic: t-|is|fjórðungur
Indonesian: seperempat
Interlingua: quarto, quarte parte
Italian: t+|it|quarto|m
Japanese: ���� (�������, yombun-no-ichi), �� (shihan), ��� (shihanbun)
Korean: �본� � (sabunui il)
Kurdish: t+|ku|�ار��ک|sc=KUchar
Malayalam: �ാല�� (kaal)
Persian: FAchar|�ارک (charak)
Portuguese: quarto m, quarta parte f
Romanian: t-|ro|sfert
Russian: �е�ве��� (�étvért�) f
Spanish: t+|es|cuarto|m
Swedish: fjärdedel c, kvart c, kvarts c
Telugu: పావ� భా�� (paavu bhaagaM), నాల��� వ�త� (naalugO vaMtu)
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trans-top|coin worth 25 cents
Dutch: t+|nl|kwartje
French: pièce de vingt-cinq cents f
Italian: moneta di venticinque centesimi
Kurdish: KUchar|ب�ست�پ��ج س���ت
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Persian: FAchar|ب�ست � پ�ج س�ت� (bistopanj senti)
Spanish: cora f italbrac|El Salvador, cuarto italbrac|Panama
Telugu: పావలా (paavalaa) (Quarter of Indian Rupee)
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trans-top|period of three months
Czech: t-|cs|�tvrtletí|n, t-|cs|kvartál|m
Danish: kvatal
Dutch: t+|nl|kwartaal, t+|nl|trimester
Finnish: t-|fi|neljännesvuosi
French: t+|fr|trimestre|m
German: t+|de|Quartal|n
Hebrew: t-|he|ר�ע��|m|sc=Hebr
Icelandic: t-|is|fjórðungur
Indonesian: t+|id|kuartal|xs=Indonesian
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Interlingua: trimestre#Interlingua|trimestre
Japanese: ��� / ��� (����, shihanki)
Persian: FAchar|�ص� (fasl)
Portuguese: t+|pt|trimestre|m
Russian: ква��ал (kvartál) m
Spanish: t-|es|trimestre|m
Swedish: t-|sv|kvartal|n
Telugu: త�ర�మాసి�� (traimaasikaM)
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trans-top|section of a town
Czech: t-|cs|�tvrť|f
French: t+|fr|quartier|m
German: t|de|Stadtteil|m, t+|de|Viertel|n, Kwartier (Cologne)
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Hebrew: t-|he|ר��ע|m|sc=Hebr
Persian: FAchar|�ح�� (mahalle)
Russian: ква��ал (kvartál) m
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Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
en-verb

1. To divide into quarters.
2. To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.

#: Quarter the horses in the third stable.

Related terms
quart

Derived terms
no quarter
quarterly
quarters
quarter of
quarter past
quarter to
give no quarter

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• 2007-12-19 06:13 - Tbot - updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for ku

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