1. One of four equal parts
   "a quarter of a pound"
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1. Provide housing for (military personnel)
   - 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"
   - draw, draw and quarter 
3. Divide into quarters
   "quarter an apple" 
4. Divide by four; divide into quarters

Derived forms: quartered, quartering, quarters

See also: quartering, quarterly, quarters

Type of: academic session, academic term, accommodate, avoirdupois unit, back, British capacity unit, city district, clemency, coin, common fraction, divide, division, fraction, Imperial capacity unit, individual, kill, lodge, mercifulness, mercy, mortal, orientation, part, period, period of time, person, piece of leather, rear, school term, section, segment, session, simple fraction, somebody, someone, soul, time period, time unit, unit of time, vulgar fraction [Brit]

Part of: 60 minutes, academic year, cental, centner, cwt, hour, hr, hundredweight, long hundredweight, period of play, play, playing period, quintal, school year, ship, short hundredweight, upper

Encyclopedia: Quarter

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