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quarter

noun

1 quarter

One of four equal parts:
— A quarter of a pound.

synonyms: fourth, fourth part, one-fourth, one-quarter, quartern, twenty-five percent.

Roget 800: money, legal tender; money matters, money market; finance; accounts etc. 811; funds, treasure; capital, stock; assets etc. ... show more

Roget 740: lenity, lenience, leniency; moderation etc. 174; tolerance, toleration; mildness, gentleness; favor, indulgence, indulgency; clemency, ... show more

Roget 278: direction, bearing, course, vector; set, drift, tenor; tendency etc. 176; incidence; bending, trending etc. ... show more

Roget 189: abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, ... show more

Roget 181: region, sphere, ground, soil, area, field, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle; ... show more

Roget 108: period, age, era; second, minute, hour, day, week, month, quarter, year, decade, decenniumm lustrum, quinquennium, ... show more

Roget 97: quadrisection, quadripartition; quartering etc. v.; fourth; quart; quarter, quartern; farthing, fourthing; quadrant.   

Roget 95: quaternity, four, tetrad, quartet, quaternion, square, quarter.    [planar form with four sides] tetract, tetragon, quadrangle, rectangle.    [three dimensional object with four surfaces] tetrahedron.    ... show more

Roget 914: pity, compassion, commiseration; bowels, of compassion; sympathy, fellow-feeling, tenderness, yearning, forbearance, humanity, mercy, clemency; leniency ... show more

Roget 236: laterality; side, flank, quarter, lee; hand; cheek, jowl, jole, wing; profile; temple, parietes [Lat.], loin, ... show more

Dutch: kwart, vierde
Polish: ćwierć, jedna czwarta, czwarta część, 1/4, ćwiartka

2 quarter

A district of a city having some distinguishing character.

Dutch: buurt, kwartier, sectie, stadsdeel, wijk

3 quarter

football, professional basketball One of four divisions into which some games are divided.

4 quarter

A unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour.

Dutch: kwart, kwartier
Polish: kwadrans, piętnaście minut

5 quarter

One of four periods into which the school year is divided.

6 quarter

A fourth part of a year; three months.

Dutch: trimester
Polish: kwartał, trymestr

7 quarter

One of the four major division of the compass.

8 quarter

A quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds).

9 quarter

A quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds).

10 quarter

A United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar.

Dutch: kwartje
Polish: ćwierćdolarówka

11 quarter

An unspecified person.

12 quarter

The rear part of a ship.

synonyms: after part, poop, stern, tail.

Dutch: achterschip, achtersteven, steven
Polish: rufa

13 quarter

Piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp.

Dutch: kwartaal, hielstuk

14 quarter

Clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent.

verb

1 quarter

Provide housing for (military personnel).

synonyms: billet, canton.

Roget 184: place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install; ... show more

Roget 97: quarter, divide into four parts.   

Dutch: legeren

2 quarter

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.

synonyms: draw, draw and quarter.

3 quarter

Divide into quarters.

4 quarter

Divide by four; divide into quarters.


Moby thesaurus: C, C-note, G, G-note, abode, abundant year, academic year, accommodate, accommodations, achievement, adjunct, aim, airspace, alerion, anchor, animal charge, annulet, annum, area, argent ... show more.

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