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quarter | a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds) | |
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quarter | an unspecified person | |
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quarter | a fourth part of a year; three months | |
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quarter | a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour | |
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quarter | [in professional_basketball] one of four divisions into which some games are divided | |
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quarter | one of four periods into which the school year is divided | |
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quarter, canton, billet | [in military] provide housing for (military personnel) | |
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quarter | piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp | |
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stern, quarter, tail, after part, poop | the rear part of a ship | |
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quarter, one-fourth, fourth, one-quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern | one of four equal parts | |
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quarter | [in arithmetic] divide by four; divide into quarters | |
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quarter | one of the four major division of the compass | |
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quarter | a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds) | |
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quarter | divide into quarters | |
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quarter | a district of a city having some distinguishing character | |
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quarter | clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent | |
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quarter | a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar | |
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draw, quarter, draw and quarter | pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him |