10. (noun)quarter a United States or Canadiancoinworth one fourth of a dollar "he fed four quarters into the slot machine"
11. (noun)quarter an unspecified person "he dropped a word in the right quarter"
12. (noun)stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail the rear part of a ship
13. (noun)quarter piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
14. (verb)quarter clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent "he surrendered but asked for quarter"
15. (verb)quarter, billet, canton provide housing for (military personnel)
16. (verb)draw, quarter, draw and 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"
17. (verb)quarter divide into quarters "quarter an apple"
18. (verb)quarter divide by four; divide into quarters
1. (noun)quarter one of four equal parts Divide the cake into quarters.; a quarter of a century ago
2. quarter one of the four periods of fifteenminutes in one hour It's quarter after/past three.
3. quarter quarter of fifteen minutes before It's quarter of five.
4. quarter quarter to fifteen minutes before a quarter to one
5. quarter an American or Canadian coin with a value of 25 cents two quarters and a dime
6. quarter an area of a town or city; = district the Latin quarter of Paris
Definition of 'Quarter'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Quarter one of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc
2. (noun)Quarter the fourth of a hundred-weight, being 25 or 28 pounds, according as the hundredweight is reckoned at 100 or 112 pounds
3. (noun)Quarter the fourth of a ton in weight, or eight bushels of grain; as, a quarter of wheat; also, the fourth part of a chaldron of coal
4. (noun)Quarter the fourth part of the moon's period, or monthly revolution; as, the first quarter after the change or full
6. (noun)Quarter that part of a boot or shoe which forms the side, from the heel to the vamp
7. (noun)Quarter that part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, being the side of the coffin
8. (noun)Quarter a term of study in a seminary, college, etc, etc.; properly, a fourth part of the year, but often longer or shorter
9. (noun)Quarter the encampment on one of the principal passages round a place besieged, to prevent relief and intercept convoys
10. (noun)Quarter the after-part of a vessel's side, generally corresponding in extent with the quarter-deck; also, the part of the yardarmoutside of the slings
11. (noun)Quarter one of the divisions of an escutcheon when it is divided into four portions by a horizontal and a perpendicular line meeting in the fess point
12. (verb)Quarter a division of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris
13. (verb)Quarter a small upright timber post, used in partitions; -- in the United States more commonly called stud
14. (verb)Quarter the fourth part of the distance from one point of the compass to another, being the fourth part of 11¡ 15', that is, about 2¡ 49'; -- called also quarter point.
15. (verb)Quarter proper station; specific place; assigned position; special location
16. (verb)Quarter a station at which officers and men are posted in battle; -- usually in the plural
17. (verb)Quarter place of lodging or temporary residence; shelter; entertainment; -- usually in the plural
18. (verb)Quarter a station or encampment occupied by troops; a place of lodging for soldiers or officers; as, winter quarters
19. (verb)Quarter treatment shown by an enemy; mercy; especially, the act of sparing the life a conquered enemy; a refraining from pushing one's advantage to extremes
20. (verb)Quarter friendship; amity; concord
21. (verb)Quarter to lodge; to have a temporary residence
22. (verb)Quarter to drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels
Definitions of 'Quarter'
The New Hacker's Dictionary
1. Quarter Two bits. This in turn comes from the ‘pieces of eight’
famed in pirate movies — Spanishsilver crowns that could be broken
into eight pie-slice-shaped ‘bits’ to make change. Early in
American history the Spanish coin was considered equal to a dollar, so each
of these ‘bits’ was considered worth 12.5 cents. Syn.
tayste, crumb,
quad. Usage: rare. General discussion of such
terms is under nybble.
Sense: one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.
Definitions of Quarter 
Afrikaans: kwart
Arabic: رُبْع
Bulgarian: четвърт
Brazilian: quarto
Czech: čtvrtina, čtvrt
German: das Viertel
Danish: kvart; kvarter; kvartal
Greek: τέταρτο
Spanish: cuarto
Estonian: veerand
Farsi: یک چهارم
Finnish: neljännes
French: quart
Hebrew: רֶבַע
Hindi: चौथाई भाग
Croatian: četvrtina
Hungarian: negyed (rész)
Indonesian: seperempat
Icelandic: fjórðungur, fjórði hluti,
Italian: quarto
Japanese: ４分の１
Korean: 4분의 1
Lithuanian: ketvirtis
Latvian: ceturtdaļa
Malay: satu per empat
Dutch: kwart, kwartier, kwartaal
Norwegian: fjerde-/firedel, kvart, k
Polish: ćwiartka, kwadrans, kwart
Persian: یک چهارم
Pashto: څلورمه برخه ( ربع ): پنځه
Portuguese: quarto
Romanian: sfert
Russian: четверть; квартал
Slovak: štvrtina, štvrť
Slovenian: četrtina
Serbian: četvrtina
Swedish: fjärdedel, kvart, kvartal
Thai: หนึ่งในสี่ส่วน
Turkish: dörtte bir, çeyrek
Taiwanese: 四分之一
Ukrainian: чверть, четверть
Urdu: کسی چیز کا چوتھائی حصّہ
Vietnamese: một phần tư
Chinese: 四分之一
