Quarter

• pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
• one of four equal parts
• the rear part of a ship
• provide housing for (military personnel)
• a district of a city having some distinguishing character
• a fourth part of a year; three months
• an unspecified person
• a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
• a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
• a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
• a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
• clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
• divide by four; divide into quarters
• divide into quarters
• (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
• one of four periods into which the school year is divided
• one of the four major division of the compass
• piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp