quarter

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   One of four equal parts of something.

   I ate a quarter of the pie.

2. 2
   noun

   A coin in the US and Canada worth one fourth of a dollar.

   He fed four quarters into the parking meter.

3. 3
   noun

   A particular area or district of a town or city.

   The old quarter of the city is full of narrow streets.

From Middle English quarter, from Anglo-Norman quarter, from Latin quartarius, from quartus. Compare Spanish cuarto (“room, quarters; quarter”). Doublet of quartier.

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