A division into four parts. / The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.

simple past tense and past participle of quarter

(military) No mercy; no sparing the life of a captured opponent.

plural of quarterer

division into quarters / (business) generation of quarterly data based on figures from periods of another size

(historical) One of a group of agricultural workers who were entitled to keep a quarter of the harvest as payment, yielding up the rest to their lord.

plural of quartering

(nautical) In a direction between abeam and astern; opposite, or nearly opposite, a vessel's quarter.

A quarter: either a fourth part, or a three-month term.

A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7251).