Synonym: after part, billet, canton, draw, draw and quarter, fourth, fourth part, one-fourth, poop, quartern, stern, tail, twenty-five percent. Similar words: quarterback, headquarters, starter, charter, square, quarrel with, repartee, earthquake. Meaning: ['kwɔrtə(r) /'kwɔːtə] 
n. 1. one of four equal parts 2. a district of a city having some distinguishing character 3. one of four periods of play into which some games are divided 4. a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour 5. one of four periods into which the school year is divided 6. a fourth part of a year; three months 7. one of the four major division of the compass 8. a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds) 9. a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds) 10. a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar 11. an unspecified person 12. the rear part of a ship 13. piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp 14. clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent. v. 1. provide housing for (military personnel) 2. pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him 3. divide into quarters 4. divide by four; divide into quarters.
n. 1. one of four equal parts 2. a district of a city having some distinguishing character 3. one of four periods of play into which some games are divided 4. a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour 5. one of four periods into which the school year is divided 6. a fourth part of a year; three months 7. one of the four major division of the compass 8. a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds) 9. a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds) 10. a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar 11. an unspecified person 12. the rear part of a ship 13. piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp 14. clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent. v. 1. provide housing for (military personnel) 2. pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him 3. divide into quarters 4. divide by four; divide into quarters. 
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121. It is the only one of the three companies expected to show a profit for the quarter.
122. A quarter of the local workforce is / are unemployed.
123. We've only raised a quarter of the money we needed, but I suppose we must be thankful for small mercies.
124. This figure approximates to a quarter of the UK's annual consumption.
125. Our gas bill for the last quarter was unusually high.
126. Third quarter figures are likely to show a further fall in figures.
127. The company reported a 9.5% increase in third quarter losses.
128. James had been dead a quarter of a century and the doctors had turned their coats several times since.
129. He inherited a quarter of a million pounds on his mother's death.
130. Wholesalers reported an improvement in sales for the third quarter.
131. The fall in the value of the yen might result in a fractional increase in interest rates of perhaps a quarter of one per cent.
132. It takes about a quarter of an hour to walk into town.
133. The group said results for the third quarter are due on October 29.
134. A quarter of a million refugees roved around the country.
135. Cisco Systems posted record profits and sales for the third fiscal quarter.
136. More than a quarter of seven year-olds cannot add up properly.
137. Her arched brows are like a quarter moon and very pretty.
138. I've got to go in a quarter of an hour.
139. The attackers had far superior forces but they gave no quarter and totally annihilated the defenders.
140. Both companies reported a fall in profits in the first quarter of this year.
141. The hands of the clock pointed to a quarter past one.
142. The buzzer sounded for the end of the quarter.
143. He was conducting yet another search of the quarter.
144. This is fully automated and costs ￡10 a quarter.
145. Ford faced no comparable outlays in the latest quarter.
146. This was 1869, a quarter century before the great bicycle boom,(http://sentencedict.com/quarter.html) a time before bicycles were bicycles at all.
147. A quarter mile past the cattle guard, you come to a series of three gates.
148. That compares with an attrition rate of just over a quarter during Ronald Reagan's presidency.
149. In early times, farmers were expected to grow a quarter acre of flax for one acre of arable land.
150. Corrections to maintain the glide path are made with attitude changes of a quarter to half a bar.
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