Meaning & use
Quarters
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Lodgings or accommodations, especially those provided for soldiers or staff.
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The soldiers were assigned to their quarters shortly after arriving at the base.
She paid for the parking meter with four quarters from her purse.
A note on using this word
In American English, 'quarters' also refers colloquially to twenty-five-cent coins, since a quarter is one-fourth of a dollar.
Words with a similar meaning
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Another way to use it
2. noun
Twenty-five-cent coins in United States and Canadian currency; plural of quarter.
He fed a handful of quarters into the vending machine.
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