QUARTER

Definition

1. verb provide housing for (military personnel). — synonyms: billet, canton
2. verb pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him. — synonyms: draw, draw_and_quarter
3. verb divide into quarters.
4. verb divide by four.
5. noun one of four equal parts. — synonyms: one-fourth, fourth, one-quarter, fourth_part, twenty-five_percent, quartern
6. noun a district of a city having some distinguishing character.
7. noun (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided.
8. noun a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour.
9. noun one of four periods into which the school year is divided.
10. noun a fourth part of a year.
11. noun one of the four major division of the compass.
12. noun a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds).
13. noun a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds).
14. noun a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar.
15. noun an unspecified person.
16. noun the rear part of a ship. — synonyms: stern, after_part, poop, tail
17. noun piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp.
18. noun clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent.