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A quarter is one of four equal parts.
In the U.S., a quarter is also a 25-cent coin—one quarter of a dollar.
Time divided into quarters gives us fiscal quarters, academic quarters, and the quarters of a football game.
A quarter hour is fifteen minutes: It's a quarter past three.
Quarters as lodging comes from soldiers being assigned to a fourth of a town; now any living space may be called quarters.
To quarter is to divide into four parts or to provide lodging.
To give no quarter is to show no mercy—from the practice of sparing enemies who surrendered.
Ordinal for position four
- portionDivided share given
- segmentDistinct part of whole
- slicePortion cut off
- pieceA portion or segment
section · division · part · split · quadrant · one-fourth · halve · bisect
Residential area nearby
- precinctAdministrative jurisdiction zone
- zoneBounded area designation
- sectorDistinct division of whole
- wardProtected person; division
borough · parish · enclave · locality · medina · souk · kasbah · old town
Merciful treatment of offenders
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
- reprievePostponement of punishment
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- leniencyMildness in punishment
spare · surrender · truce · pity · mercy killing · white flag · capitulation
Element twenty-eight, or coin
change · money · silver · mint · numismatics · collectible · circulation · vending
Half academic year
Toward lower ground
- footballField sport with goals
- halftimeMidpoint break in games
- basketballTeam sport with hoops
- overtimeWork beyond scheduled hours
period · buzzer · timeout · scoreboard · two-minute warning · shot clock · possession · playoff
Soldiers' residential building
- dormitoryStudent living building
- bunkNonsense or stacked bed
- cabinSimple wooden dwelling
- berthSleeping space on transport
accommodation · housing · billet · garrison · mess hall · cantonment · enlisted · encampment
fourth
Ordinal for position four
piece · section · division · part · split · quadrant · one-fourth · halve · bisect · percentage
neighborhood
Residential area nearby
- precinctAdministrative jurisdiction zone
- zoneBounded area designation
- sectorDistinct division of whole
ward · borough · parish · enclave · locality · medina · souk · kasbah · old town · historic district
clemency
Merciful treatment of offenders
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
- reprievePostponement of punishment
- compassionConcern for others' distress
leniency · spare · surrender · truce · pity · mercy killing · white flag · capitulation
nickel
Element twenty-eight, or coin
currency · change · money · silver · mint · numismatics · collectible · circulation · vending · laundromat
semester
Half academic year
calendar · annual · earnings · report · financial · Q1 · Q2 · Q3 · Q4 · fiscal year
down
Toward lower ground
- footballField sport with goals
- halftimeMidpoint break in games
- basketballTeam sport with hoops
overtime · period · buzzer · timeout · scoreboard · two-minute warning · shot clock · possession · playoff · scoring
barracks
Soldiers' residential building
berth · accommodation · housing · billet · garrison · mess hall · cantonment · enlisted · encampment · military housing
- arithmeticaddition, subtraction, multiplication, division, sum
- currencydollar, euro, pound, yen, peso
- footballfootball, touchdown, field goal, end zone, goal
- moneydollar, euro, coin, cash, pound
- numbersone, two, four, three, 0
- schoolingelementary school, school, middle school, high school, primary schools
quartermercilessness
Absence of compassion or clemency
no quarter · ruthlessness · cruelty · harshness · brutality
- Monday-morning quarterbackOne who criticizes past decisions
- three quartersThree of four portions
- close quartersRestricted space, minimal distance
- first quarterMoon half-visible, growing
- one quarterSingle part of four
- tight quartersVery limited space
quarters, quart, quartet, quarterly, quarter tone, quarter-life crisis, quartered, quarterback, quarts