(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 quarterer

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

(dated) Synonym of quarter to; fifteen minutes before a certain hour.

(in general sense) Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.

Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter. / (chiefly) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (¹⁄₄, 25%). / (chiefly) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.

(transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four. / (transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment. / (intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.

(obsolete) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.

simple past tense and past participle of quarter

present participle of quarter