📒 one of four equal parts of something
- quarter of something a quarter of an hour/a century
- a quarter of a mile/million
- Almost a quarter of respondents reported employment discrimination.
📒 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.
- (North American English also) It's quarter of four now—I'll meet you at quarter after.
📒 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.
📒 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.
📒 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).
📒 a coin of the US and Canada worth 25 cents
📒 rooms that are provided for soldiers, servants, etc. to live in
- We were moved to more comfortable living quarters.
- the servants'/officers' quarters
- He was confined to quarters as a punishment.
📒 the period of time twice a month when we can see a quarter of the moon
- The moon is in its first quarter.
📒 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.
📒 a unit for measuring weight, a quarter of a pound; 4 ounces
📒 a unit for measuring weight, 28 pounds in the UK or 25 pounds in the US; a quarter of a hundredweight
📒 kind treatment of an enemy or opponent who is in your power
- His rivals knew that they could expect no quarter from such a ruthless adversary.
📒 very near
- fighting at close quarters