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Noun quarter has 13 senses

one-fourth, fourth, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern - one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound"
--₁ is a kind of common fraction, simple fraction

Derived forms: verb quarter₃, verb quarter₂
quarter - a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter"
--₂ is a kind of city district
--₂ has particulars: ghetto; kasbah, casbah; medina; barrio
quarter - one of four periods of play into which some games are divided; "both teams scored in the first quarter"
--₃ is a kind of playing period, period of play, play
quarter - 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"
--₄ is a kind of time unit, unit of time
--₄ is a part of hour, hr, 60 minutes
quarter - one of four periods into which the school year is divided; "the fall quarter ends at Christmas"
--₅ is a kind of school term, academic term, academic session, session
--₅ is a part of school year, academic year
quarter - a fourth part of a year; three months; "unemployment fell during the last quarter"
--₆ is a kind of time period, period of time, period
quarter - one of the four major division of the compass; "the wind is coming from that quarter"
--₇ is a kind of orientation
quarter - a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
--₈ is a kind of avoirdupois unit
--₈ is a part of
hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal
--₈ has parts: pound, lb; stone
quarter - a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
--₉ is a kind of British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit
--₉ is a part of hundredweight, cwt, long hundredweight
--₉ has part: bushel
quarter - a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar; "he fed four quarters into the slot machine"
--₁₀ is a kind of coin
quarter - an unspecified person; "he dropped a word in the right quarter"
--₁₁ is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail - the rear part of a ship
--₁₂ is a kind of rear, back
--₁₂ is a part of ship
--₁₂ has parts: escutcheon; skeg
quarter - piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
--₁₃ is a kind of piece of leather
--₁₃ is a part of upper

Verb quarter has 4 senses

quarter, billet, canton - provide housing for (military personnel)
--₁ is one way to lodge, accommodate

Derived forms: noun quarters₁, noun quartering₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
draw, quarter, draw and quarter - 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"
--₂ is one way to kill

Derived form: noun quarter₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
quarter - divide into quarters; "quarter an apple"
--₃ is one way to segment, section

Derived forms: noun quarter₁, noun quartering₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
quarter - divide by four; divide into quarters
--₄ is one way to divide, fraction

Derived form: noun quartering₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something