QUARTER

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Quarter derives from the French meaning "4" or "¼" and may refer to:

• Quarter (U.S. coin), valued at one-fourth of a U.S. dollar
• Quarter (Canadian coin), valued at one-fourth of a Canadian dollar
• a one-fourth part of any measure, notably including:
  • one-fourth of an hour
  • one-fourth of a year, often a fiscal year
  • one-quarter of a hundredweight
  • one-quarter of an ounce, term associated mostly with illicit drug sales
• an academic term shorter than a semester
• "Quarters", a drinking game
• "Quarters", also known as Bloody Knuckles, a schoolyard game involving quarters or other coins
• Quartering (heraldry)

In military and combat:

• Mercy shown to a defeated opponent
• General quarters
• Barracks
• Officer's quarters
• Close quarters battle

In geography:

• French Quarter, the oldest and most famous neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana
• Latin Quarter, in a number of cities
• Quarteirão, city blocks in Brazil
• Quartier Latin, an area of Paris
• Quartiere, a subdivision of certain Italian towns
• Quartier international de Montréal
• Museumsquartier, Vienna, Austria
• One of the four quarters of Jerusalem's Old City
• The Quarter, an entertainment and retail attraction at Tropicana Casino Resort Atlantic City

See also

• Quarterly
• Hanging, drawing and quartering

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