quarter

quarter (http://definr.com/quarter)

     adj : consisting of one of four equivalent parts; "a quarter pound
           of butter" [syn: quarter(a)]
     n 1: one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound" [syn: one-fourth,
           fourth, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern]
     2: a district of a city having some distinguishing character;
        "the Latin Quarter"
     3: one of four periods of play into which some games are
        divided; "both teams scored in the first quarter"
     4: a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour;
        "it's a quarter til 4"; "a quarter after 4 o'clock"
     5: one of four periods into which the school year is divided;
        "the fall quarter ends at Christmas"
     6: a fourth part of a year; three months; "unemployment fell
        during the last quarter"
     7: one of the four major division of the compass; "the wind is
        coming from that quarter"
     8: a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
     9: (British) a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
     10: a US coin worth one fourth of a dollar; "he fed four
         quarters into the slot machine"
     11: an unspecified person; "he dropped a word in the right
         quarter"
     12: the rear part of a ship [syn: stern, after part, poop,
          tail]
     13: piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot
         covering the heel and joining the vamp
     v 1: provide housing for, of military personnel [syn: billet, canton]
     2: pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his
        extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days,
        people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes" [syn:
        draw, draw and quarter]
     3: divide into quarters; "quarter an apple"
     4: divide by four; divide into quarters