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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'quarter' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions quarter noun  Any one of four equal parts into which something has been divided. (United States and Canada) A coin worth 25 cents. A period of three consecutive months. A section or area (of a town, etc.). An old English measure of corn, containing 8 bushels. 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, p. 204. : One of these is 1 Hen. V, cap. 10, defining the of corn to be eight struck bushels, and putting fines on purveyors who take more. Mercy or pity shown to a defeated opponent "Sir, they have asked for ." "Have they? Well, we will give no ." An old English measure of cloth, nine inches or four nails Translations:  Dutch: nl(nl, kwartaal, {{t+)trimester French: quartier(fr)m German: (t, de, Stadtteil, m), Viertel(de)n, Kwartier (Cologne) Italian: moneta di venticinque centesimi Spanish: trimestre(es)m Etymology: Via French from Latin quartus        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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