Quarter Meaning
/ˈk(w)ɔːtə/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA fourth part of something.
nounA fourth part of something., Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
Sentence Examples
Corporate earnings in the first quarter improved sharply.
The word downtown refers to the business quarter of any town.
She spent the final quarter of the game on the bench.
CEFR Practice Quiz
He paid for the candy with a ____, which is worth twenty-five cents.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She paid the rent at the end of each ____, as agreed in the terms of the lease.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English quarter, from Anglo-Norman quarter, from Latin quartarius, from quartus. Compare Spanish cuarto (“room, quarters; quarter”). Doublet of quartier.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"A majority of companies in the S&P 500 have at least one woman on their boards, but only about a quarter have more than two, according to a study from PwC."
— 2018 September 30, Julia Carpenter and Jackie Wattles, “California has a new law: No more all-male boards”, in CNN Business:
"For companies such as Trans Pennine Express, it will be even harder. It has the unwelcome claim to being Britain's worst train operator, with recent statistics from the Office of Rail and Road showing it cancelled nearly a quarter of its services in February, with lack of available train crew a real problem."
— 2023 April 5, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Pay deal a positive result”, in RAIL, number 980, page 3:
"One of these is 1 Hen. V, cap. 10, defining the quarter of corn to be eight struck bushels, and putting fines on purveyors who take more."
— 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 204:
"And aboute the fourth quartre of the nyght, he cam unto them, walkinge apon the see [...]."
— 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Mark vj:[48]:
"The FBI began publishing national quarterly crime reports last year, but has not done so for the first two quarters of 2021, stating that they require at least 60% of agencies to submit NIBRS data in order to publish quarterly data."
— 2021 September 27, Priya Krishnakumar, “Murders rose sharply in 2020 but data is lacking across much of the country”, in CNN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He paid for the candy with a ____, which is worth twenty-five cents.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She paid the rent at the end of each ____, as agreed in the terms of the lease.