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quarter point

quarter Noun

— A quarter is one fourth math(1/4)/math of something. The lake was about a quarter mile from town. About a quarter of the students came from outside the United States. There's an old house three quarters of the way up that mountain. — A quarter is a unit of money worth 25 cents in the United States and Canada. Can you give me four quarters for this dollar? — A quarter is a period of three months, especially in business. Sales were down 3.7 percent from the fourth quarter of last year. — A quarter is one of four a periods of time, especially in sports. He threw four touchdown passes in the fourth quarter leading to a 38-28 win. — A quarter is one section of a city. The bar was in New Orleans' French quarter. — Quarters are the places where people live. After training, we returned to our quarters to get changed.

quarter Verb

— If you quarter something, you make it into four equal pieces. Using a sharp knife, quarter the apple. — If you quarter somebody somewhere, you give them a place to stay. We were quartered in Vienna during the job.

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One of these species, orange roughy, has been caught commercially for only around a quarter-century, but already is being fished to the point of collapse.

quarter point

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