quarter

Definition:
1. One of four equal parts.
2. A district of a city having some distinguishing character.
3. One of four periods of play into which some games are divided.
4. A unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour.

Use 'quarter' in a sentence:

• 1. We should quarter the pineapple.
• 2. Cut the apple into quarters.
• 3. He scored late in the third quarter to cut the gap to 10 points.
• 4. Still to come, the financial news and the weather at a quarter to two.
• 5. I've got to go in a quarter of an hour.
• 6. Lopez breezed into the quarter-finals of the tournament.
• 7. Within a quarter of an hour, the coldness of the night had gone.
• 8. It's (a) quarter to four now—I'll meet you at (a) quarter past.
• 9. Nowitzki fouled Mitchell early in the third quarter.
• 10. You can watch aircraft take off or land at close quarters.
• 11. I got a call at quarter of seven one night.
• 12. A third of respondents said they would text back within a quarter of an hour, with only five percent saying they'd wait as long as two hours.
• 13. The theatre was about three quarters full.
• 14. It's quarter to four now ─ I'll meet you at quarter past.
• 15. I dropped a quarter into the slot of the pay phone.
• 16. It's quarter of four now ─ I'll meet you at quarter after.
• 17. The idea met with a cool response from various quarters.
• 18. His rivals knew that they could expect no quarter from such a ruthless adversary.
• 19. The group said results for the third quarter are due on October 29.
• 20. We wandered through the Chinese quarter.
• 21. The first quarter dividend has been increased by nearly 4 percent.
• 22. She peeled and quartered an apple.
• 23. The US trade deficit grew to just under $30 billion in the third quarter.
• 24. It is the only one of the three companies expected to show a profit for the quarter.
• 25. The largest asteroid is Ceres, which is about a quarter the size of the moon.
• 26. The first quarter dividend has been increased by nearly 4 per cent.
• 27. He predicted sales will fall 2 per cent to 6 per cent in the second quarter.
• 28. A quarter of a million refugees roved around the country.
• 29. Promptly at a quarter past seven, we left the hotel.
• 30. The time was recorded at a quarter after five.
• 31. Sales for this quarter have dipped from 38.7 million to 33 million.
• 32. He has the backing of almost a quarter of the electorate.
• 33. The programme lasted an hour and a quarter.
• 34. It was a quarter to six.
• 35. The quarter of an hour passed very slowly, but at last he heard the clock striking the four quarters.
• 36. Support for the plan came from an unexpected quarter.
• 37. A quarter of the residents are over 55 years old.
• 38. A quarter of current inmates have committed violent crimes.
• 39. The company lost$ 7 million this quarter in contrast to a profit of$ 6.2 million a year earlier.
• 40. The moon is in its first quarter.
• 41. We surveyed 500 smokers and found that over three quarters would like to give up.
• 42. A quarter of all the people surveyed were don't-knows.
• 43. The news was greeted with dismay in some quarters.
• 44. August registrations have gone ballistic, accounting now for a quarter of the annual total.
• 45. A quarter of 4-year-olds frequently wet the bed.
• 46. Prices have fallen by a quarter since January.
• 47. Hourly output by workers declined 1.3% in the first quarter.
• 48. We were moved to more comfortable living quarters.
• 49. A quarter of the working class voted for him.