Main entry: quarter
Definition: clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
Usage: he surrendered but asked for quarter
Main entry: quarter
Definition: piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
Main entry: stern, tail, after part, poop, quarter
Definition: the rear part of a ship
Main entry: quarter
Definition: a district of a city having some distinguishing character
Usage: the Latin Quarter
Main entry: quarter
Definition: an unspecified person
Usage: he dropped a word in the right quarter
Main entry: quarter
Definition: a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
Usage: he fed four quarters into the slot machine
Main entry: quarter
Definition: a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
Main entry: quarter
Definition: a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
Main entry: twenty-five percent, one-fourth, one-quarter, quarter, quartern, fourth, fourth part
Definition: one of four equal parts
Usage: a quarter of a pound
Main entry: quarter
Definition: one of the four major division of the compass
Usage: the wind is coming from that quarter
Main entry: quarter
Definition: a fourth part of a year; three months
Usage: unemployment fell during the last quarter
Main entry: quarter
Definition: one of four periods into which the school year is divided
Usage: the fall quarter ends at Christmas
Main entry: quarter
Definition: a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
Usage: it's a quarter til 4; a quarter after 4 o'clock
Main entry: quarter
Definition: (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
Usage: both teams scored in the first quarter
Main entry: quarter
Definition: divide by four; divide into quarters
Main entry: quarter
Definition: divide into quarters
Usage: quarter an apple
Main entry: quarter, draw, draw and quarter
Definition: pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
Usage: in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes
Main entry: canton, quarter, billet
Definition: provide housing for (military personnel)