Quarter
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Quarter is one fourth, ¼, or 25%, and may refer to:

  • Quarter (country subdivision)
    Quarter (country subdivision)
    A quarter is a section of an urban settlement.Its borders can be administratively chosen , and it may have its own administrative structure...

    , a section or area, usually of a town
  • Quarter (United States coin)
    Quarter (United States coin)
    A quarter dollar, commonly shortened to quarter, is a coin worth ¼ of a United States dollar, or 25 cents. The quarter has been produced since 1796. The choice of 25¢ as a denomination, as opposed to 20¢ which is more common in other parts of the world, originated with the practice of dividing...

    , valued at one-fourth of a U.S. dollar
  • Quarter (Canadian coin)
    Quarter (Canadian coin)
    The quarter is a Canadian coin, valued at 25 cents or one-fourth of a Canadian dollar. It is a small, circular coin of silver colour. According to the Royal Canadian Mint, the official name for the coin is the 25-cent piece, but in practice it is simply called a quarter.-History of...

    , valued at one-fourth of a Canadian dollar
  • Academic quarter (year division)
    Academic quarter (year division)
    An academic quarter refers to the division of an academic year into four parts, found in a minority of universities in the United States and in some European and Asian countries.-Background and trends:...

    , a division of an academic year lasting from 8 to 12 weeks
  • Academic quarter (class timing), term used by universities in various European countries for the 15 minutes between the defined start time for a lecture and the actual time it will start
  • Fiscal quarter, three months of a fiscal year
  • Quarter, equal to 28 pounds (or a quarter of a hundredweight
    Hundredweight
    The hundredweight or centum weight is a unit of mass defined in terms of the pound . The definition used in Britain differs from that used in North America. The two are distinguished by the terms long hundredweight and short hundredweight:* The long hundredweight is defined as 112 lb, which...

    ) using imperial units of weight
  • Quarter, equal to 4 ounces (or a quarter of a pound) using imperial units of weight
  • Quarter, South Lanarkshire
    Quarter, South Lanarkshire
    Quarter is a small community in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the hill above the Clyde Valley.-External links:**...

    , a small settlement in Scotland

See also

  • 1/4 (disambiguation)
  • Quarter days
    Quarter days
    In British and Irish tradition, the quarter days were the four dates in each year on which servants were hired, and rents were due. They fell on four religious festivals roughly three months apart and close to the two solstices and two equinoxes....

    , in British and Irish tradition, one of four dates in each year on which rents, etc. were due
  • Quarters (drinking game), a drinking game using the U.S. coins
  • Quarterly
  • Quartering (disambiguation)
  • Quartering (heraldry)
    Quartering (heraldry)
    Quartering in heraldry is a method of joining several different coats of arms together in one shield by dividing the shield into equal parts and placing different coats of arms in each division....

    , joining several coats of arms on one shield partitioned in four
  • Quartile
    Quartile
    In descriptive statistics, the quartiles of a set of values are the three points that divide the data set into four equal groups, each representing a fourth of the population being sampled...

  • Quartier
    Paris districts
    Most of the Paris we see today is a result of a nineteenth-century renovation, but its boulevards and arrondissements were but a new grid bisecting quarters built by centuries of Parisian habit; as a result of this, Paris has many quarters that are not necessarily mentioned on any administrative...

    , districts in Paris
  • Quartiere
    Quartiere
    A quartiere is a subdivision of certain Italian towns. The word is from quarto, or fourth, and was thus properly used only for towns divided into four neighborhoods. The English word "quarter" to mean a neighborhood A quartiere (plural: quartieri) is a subdivision of certain Italian towns. The...

    , a subdivision of certain Italian towns
  • The Quarter at Tropicana
    The Quarter at Tropicana
    The Quarter at Tropicana is an Old Havana-themed enclosed shopping mall located at the Tropicana Casino Resort Atlantic City in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It contains over 40 stores, nine restaurants, eleven nightclubs, and a spa.-History:...

    , an entertainment and retail attraction in Atlantic City, New Jersey
  • 1st Battalion 4th Marines
    1st Battalion 4th Marines
    1st Battalion, 4th Marines is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California consisting of approximately 1000 Marines and sailors...

     (1/4), a unit in the United States Marine Corps
  • Close quarters battle
    Close quarters battle
    Close quarters combat or close quarters battle is a type of fighting in which small units engage the enemy with personal weapons at very short range, potentially to the point of hand-to-hand combat or fighting with hand weapons such as swords or knives...

  • General quarters
    General quarters
    General Quarters or Battle Stations is an announcement made aboard a naval warship to signal the crew to prepare for battle or imminent damage....

  • Barracks
    Barracks
    Barracks are specialised buildings for permanent military accommodation; the word may apply to separate housing blocks or to complete complexes. Their main object is to separate soldiers from the civilian population and reinforce discipline, training and esprit de corps. They were sometimes called...

    , also known as military quarters
  • No quarter
    No quarter
    A victor gives no quarter when the victor shows no clemency or mercy and refuses to spare the life in return for the surrender at discretion of a vanquished opponent....

    occurs when a victor shows no clemency or mercy and refuses to spare the life of the vanquished when they surrender at discretion
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