Quarter

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Quarter is one fourth, ¼, or 25%.

Quarter may also refer to:

• Quarter (academic), a division of an academic year lasting from 8 to 12 weeks
• Quarter (United States coin), valued at one-fourth of a U.S. dollar
• Quarter (Canadian coin), valued at one-fourth of a Canadian dollar
• Quarter day, in British and Irish tradition, one of four dates in each year on which rents, etc. were due
• Quartering (heraldry), joining several coats of arms on one shield partitioned in four
• "Quarters", a drinking game
• Academic quarter, 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
• An imperial measure of weight, equal to 28 pounds. (See hundredweight)

In geography:

• Quarter (country subdivision), a section or area, usually of a town
• Armenian Quarter, one of the four quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem
• Christian Quarter, one of the four quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem
• French Quarter, the oldest and most famous neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana
• Jewish Quarter, one of the four quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem
• Latin Quarter, in a number of cities
• Museumsquartier, Vienna, Austria
• Muslim Quarter, one of the four quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem
• Quartier international de Montréal
• Quartier Latin, an area of Paris
• Quartier Militaire, in Mauritius
• Quartiere, a subdivision of certain Italian towns
• The Quarter at Tropicana, an entertainment and retail attraction in Atlantic City, New Jersey

In military and combat:

• 1st Battalion 4th Marines (1/4), a unit in the United States Marine Corps
• Barracks, living quarters for personnel on a military post.
• Close quarters battle
• General quarters
• No quarter occurs when a victor shows no clemency or mercy and refuses to spare the life of the vanquished when they surrender at discretion

See also

• Quarterly
• Quartile
• Hanging, drawing and quartering

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