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noun (qindarka, pl2=qintars)
  1. (plural: qindarka or qintars) An Albanian coin equal to one hundredth of a lek.
  2. (plural: qintars) A unit of measure, which varies in value depending upon the product measured; for example, a qintar of cotton might be 160 kg of cotton, 50 kg of cotton lint; a qintar of lime, 65 kg.
    • 2002: Jonathan M. Bloom, Sheila S. Blair, Islam: A Thousand Years of Faith and Power
    • :For all its squalor qintars and qintars of gold dust are traded there.
    • 2005: Muhammad Khalid Masud, Rudolph Peters, David Stephan Powers, Dispensing Justice in Islam: Qadis and their judgments
    • :... who offered 190 piasters per year for rent, 20 piasters more than the other, plus half a of pomegranates.
     
quadrans Tweet Definition of quadrans Like Definition of quadrans on Facebook
noun 
  1. A bronze coin of the Roman republic worth <math>1/4</math> of an as.
     
quarter Tweet Definition of quarter Like Definition of quarter on Facebook
noun 
  1. Any one of four equal parts into which something has been divided.
  2. (United States and Canada) A coin worth 25 cents.
  3. A period of three consecutive months.
  4. A section or area (of a town, etc.).
  5. 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.
      1. Mercy or pity shown to a defeated opponent
    • "Sir, they have asked for ." "Have they? Well, we will give no ."
      1. An old English measure of cloth, nine inches or four nails
     
quetzal Tweet Definition of quetzal Like Definition of quetzal on Facebook
noun (quetzals)
  1. A trogon of the genus Pharomacrus, especially the resplendent quetzal P. mocinno, with very long tail feathers, found in Guatemala and Costa Rica.
  2. A monetary unit used in Guatemala, equal to 100 centavos.
     

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