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  1. No quarter

    The phrase no quarter was generally used during military conflict to imply combatants would not be taken prisoner, but killed. According to some modern American dictionaries, a person who is given no quarter is "not treated kindly" or "treated in a very harsh way".

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  1. No Quarter

    "No Quarter" is a song by Led Zeppelin that appears on their 1973 album Houses of the Holy. It was written by John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. The song became a centerpiece at all Led Zeppelin concerts thereafter, until their final tour. It appeared once more in 1994 on Page and Plant's reunion album as the title track. It also appears on Led Zeppelin's 2012 live album Celebration Day, which documented their 2007 reunion performance at the O2 Arena in London.

Etymology and Origins

  1. No Quarter

    When the battle cry of “No Quarter,” consequent on an order, goes forth, no lives are spared by the victors. To give quarter means to spare the vanquished. This had its origin in ancient European warfare, when, by way of earning prize-money, a soldier refrained from dealing the death blow to a fallen foe on condition of receiving a quarter of the latter’s pay.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of no quarter in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of no quarter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of no quarter in a Sentence

  1. Shakeel Sarwar:

    The markets fell very steeply in the fourth quarter and hence investors think there is value in this market, people think that the oil price decline is nearing its end.

  2. Eric Freedman:

    These are typically single points in time, snapshots. It's almost like looking at a balance sheet versus an income statement over a quarter, new information can emerge.

  3. Ziv Leitman:

    The trends of eroding profitability and an increasing level of working capital have continued during the first half of the first quarter of 2015, if these trends continue, they will have an adverse impact on the company's profitability and cash flow in 2015.

  4. Jeffrey Golman:

    I can't imagine that this could get done before the third or fourth quarter of next year.

  5. Noel White:

    The discrete challenges we've encountered this quarter now lead us to believe we will fall short of our previously stated guidance.


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