one-quarter

Half of half

One-quarter is the fraction representing one part of something divided into four equal parts, equivalent to 25 percent or 0.25.

It functions as both noun and adjective: One-quarter of the budget went to salaries or a one-quarter share of the profits.

The hyphenated form is standard when used as a compound modifier before a noun, though the hyphen is sometimes dropped in other positions.

fraction

fourth

Ordinal for position four

decimal · numerator · denominator · half · third · fifth · eighth · tenth · whole · equivalent

portion

part

Piece of whole

share · slice · chunk · serving · division · allocation · split · cut · remainder · divided

financial

earnings

Money gained from work

Q2 · Q3 · Q4 · revenue · profit · report · statement · results · annual · period

measurement

cup

Small drinking container

mile · pound · ounce · acre · gallon · liter · meter · dose · recipe · measuring

Opposites
fractional proportion

one-quarterthree-quarters

Seventy-five percent portion

three-fourths · whole · entirety · seventy-five percent · all

majority vs. minority share

one-quarterthree-quarters

Seventy-five percent portion

three-fourths · majority · most · lion's share · bulk

Family

one, quarter, ones, quarters, quartered, quartering, quarterly

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