Meaning & use
quarter
One of four equal parts into which something is divided.
See it in a sentence
He cut the sandwich into four quarters so the children could share it.
The library closed a quarter of an hour before it usually did that evening.
A note on using this word
In the US, quarter also refers to a 25-cent coin and to one of the four periods of an academic or fiscal year.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A distinct district or area of a town or city.
Tourists love wandering the old quarter's narrow streets and hidden courtyards.
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