Definitions for quarters
quar·ters

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. living quarters, quartersnoun

   housing available for people to live in

   "he found quarters for his family"; "I visited his bachelor quarters"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. quartersnoun

   Housing, barracks or other habitation or living space. Compare cuarto.

2. quartersnoun

   A commonly played university drinking game in North America.

3. quartersnoun

   quarterfinals

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1. quarters

   Quarters generally refer to one of four equal parts that a whole is divided into. This term can be used in various contexts such as: 1. In terms of time, it can be used to describe a three-month period in a fiscal or calendar year. 2. In a residential context, it can mean rooms or lodging. 3. In sports, it can refer to one of four periods of time into which a game is divided. 4. As a coin in the United States and Canada, it refers to a quarter dollar, worth 25 cents. 5. In terms of anatomy, it could refer to the rear part of an animal's body.

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1. Quarters

   Quarters is a drinking game which involves players bouncing a quarter off a table in an attempt to have the quarter land in a certain place, usually into a shotglass on that table. It is also played in South America, where its called "monedita", Spanish for little coin. The player bouncing the quarter is referred to as the "shooter." In some variations the glass is empty and each player has a separate glass to drink from, while in other variations the glass that the shooter is aiming for contains an alcoholic beverage. The quarter is customarily bounced on the face whether heads or tails. Some games may allow a player to bounce the quarter on the edge, particularly by rolling it down their nose.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. quarters

   The several stations where the officers and crew of a ship of war are posted in time of action. (See BATTLE, ENGAGEMENT, &c.) But this term differs in the army, for the soldier's quarters are his place of rest. (See HEAD-QUARTERS, WINTER-QUARTERS, &c.)

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. quarters

   In military affairs, are, generally, the positions assigned to persons or bodies of men. In a more special sense, the quarters in the army are the places of lodging assigned to officers or men when not actually on duty.

2. quarters

   The encampment on one of the principal passages round a place besieged, to prevent relief and intercept convoys.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. QUARTERS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Quarters is ranked #154907 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Quarters surname appeared 105 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Quarters.
   
   90.4% or 95 total occurrences were White.
   5.7% or 6 total occurrences were Black.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'quarters' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2546

How to pronounce quarters?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say quarters in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of quarters in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of quarters in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of quarters in a Sentence

1. The Hitopadesa:

   Empty is the house of a childless man; as empty is the mind of a bachelor; empty are all quarters of the world to an ignorant man; but poverty is total emptiness.

2. Adel Ali:

   The same that's happened in the last three quarters will happen (for the next two quarters), we will not always get it right but it has paid off for us and that will continue.

3. Andrew Schneider:

   Death is the enemy. I spent 10 years of my life singlemindedly studying, practicing, fighting hand to hand in close quarters to defeat the enemy, to send him back bloodied and humble and I am not going to roll over and surrender.

4. Alexander Zverev:

   I'm young, so I might as well stay on court and practise a little bit, it's the best, a five-set match. It is the first time Alexander Zverev has reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam and Alexander Zverev will face Austrian seventh seed Dominic Thiem, who beat Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-2 6-0 5-7 6-4. Nishikori took his only break point opportunity to claim the third set but Thiem, twice Roland Garros semi-finalist, regained control in the fourth. Former champion Novak Djokovic never looked in trouble as he booked a 12th quarter-final appearance in Paris with a 6-3 6-4 6-2 win over Spanish veteran Fernando Verdasco. French Open runner-up Madison Keys advanced to the last eight without dropping a set, defeating Romania's Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-1 6-4. Up next for Keys is Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, who upset 26th seed Czech Barbora Strycova 6-4 6-3. American Stephens sprinted past Estonian Anett Kontaveit 6-2 6-0 to set up a potential semi-final meeting with Keys, whom Anett Kontaveit beat in last year's U.S. Open final. Highlights from day eight( all times GMT :. Play was suspended due to fading light, with Russian Daria Kasatkina leading 7-6( 5) 3-3 against second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki. Zverev's days of living dangerously go on. Roland Garros ready for' legendary' match against Zverev in Paris. Djokovic tames Verdasco to reach last eight. Italian Cecchinato upsets Goffin to reach last eight. American Stephens and Keys on collision course after overcoming French Open hump. Alexander Zverev rocks on by living on the edge. Keys enjoys Sunday stroll into French quarters. Djokovic douses Verdasco fire, unhappy with courts. Impressive Thiem downs Nishikori to set up Alexander Zverev clash. Serena and Sharapova ready to sharpen the edge. Impressive Putintseva stuns Czech Barbora Strycova 6-4 6-3 to reach Paris quarters. Italian Marco Cecchinato, who had never won a Grand Slam match before this week, beat eighth-seeded Belgian David Goffin 7-5 4-6 6-0 6-3 to reach Grand Slam first major quarter-final. At world number 72, Marco Cecchinato becomes the lowest-ranked man to reach the last eight in Paris since Latvian Ernests Gulbis( ranked 80) in 2008. He will next face 2016 champion Novak Djokovic for a place in the final four.

5. Simone Weil:

   Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our life.

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