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1Quarter — is one fourth, ¼, or 25%, and may refer to: Quarter (country subdivision), a section or area, usually of a town Quarter (United States coin), valued at one fourth of a U.S. dollar Quarter (Canadian coin), valued at one fourth of a Canadian dollar …
2quarter — [n1] one of four equal parts division, farthing, fourth, one fourth, part, portion, quad, quadrant, quartern, section, semester, span, term, two bits*; concept 835 quarter [n2] area, neighborhood barrio, bearing, direction, district, division,… …
3quarter-point — UK US noun [C] ► FINANCE, ECONOMICS, BANKING a quarter of one percent: »A $10 rise in the price of a barrel of oil reduces growth by about a quarter point. »The City expects the Bank of England to announce a quarter point rate cut today …
4quarter — quarterer, n. /kwawr teuhr/, n. 1. one of the four equal or equivalent parts into which anything is or may be divided: a quarter of an apple; a quarter of a book. 2. a fourth part, esp. of one (1/4). 3. one fourth of a U.S. or Canadian dollar,… …
5quarter — /ˈkwɔtə / (say kwawtuh) noun 1. one of the four equal or equivalent parts into which anything is or may be divided: a quarter of an apple. 2. Colloquial one of the segments into which a citrus fruit, as an orange or a mandarin, naturally divides …
6quarter — I UK [ˈkwɔː(r)tə(r)] / US [ˈkwɔrtər] noun Word forms quarter : singular quarter plural quarters *** 1) [countable] maths one of four equal parts of something quarter of: Over a quarter of our income goes on food. Nearly three quarters of the… …
7quarter — quar|ter1 [ kwɔrtər ] noun *** ▸ 1 one of four equal parts ▸ 2 coin worth 25 cents ▸ 3 part of town ▸ 4 particular person/group ▸ 5 kind behavior ▸ 6 unit of weight 1. ) count one of four equal parts of something: quarter of: Over a quarter of… …
8quarter — n. & v. n. 1 each of four equal parts into which a thing is or might be divided. 2 a period of three months, usu. for which payments become due on the quarter day. 3 a point of time 15 minutes before or after any hour. 4 a school or US university …
9Quarter (United States coin) — Infobox Coin Country = United States Denomination = Quarter Dollar Value = 0.25 Unit = U.S. dollar Mass troy oz = 0.182 Mass = 5.670 Diameter inch = 0.955 Diameter = 24.26 Thickness inch = 0.069 Thickness = 1.75 Edge = 119 reeds Composition =… …
10quarter — [[t]kwɔ͟ː(r)tə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ quarters, quartering, quartered 1) FRACTION A quarter is one of four equal parts of something. A quarter of the residents are over 55 years old... I ve got to go and collect my son in about a quarter of an hour... Prices …
