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noun
- Any one of four equal parts into which something has been divided.
- (United States and Canada) A coin worth 25 cents.
- A period of three consecutive months.
- A section or area (of a town, etc.).
- 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 of corn to be eight struck bushels, and putting fines on purveyors who take more.
- Mercy or pity shown to a defeated opponent
- "Sir, they have asked for ." "Have they? Well, we will give no ."
- An old English measure of cloth, nine inches or four nails
Translations: - Dutch: nl(nl, kwartaal, {{t+)trimester
- French: quartier(fr)m
- German: (t, de, Stadtteil, m), Viertel(de)n, Kwartier (Cologne)
- Italian: moneta di venticinque centesimi
- Spanish: trimestre(es)m
Etymology: Via French from Latin quartus
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