Noun
1. one of four equal parts;
"a quarter of a pound"2. a district of a city having some distinguishing character;
"the Latin Quarter"3. one of four periods of play into which some games are divided;
"both teams scored in the first quarter"4. a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour;
"it's a quarter til 4""a quarter after 4 o'clock"5. one of four periods into which the school year is divided;
"the fall quarter ends at Christmas"6. a fourth part of a year; three months;
"unemployment fell during the last quarter"7. one of the four major division of the compass;
"the wind is coming from that quarter"8. a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
9. a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
10. a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar;
"he fed four quarters into the slot machine"11. an unspecified person;
"he dropped a word in the right quarter"12. the rear part of a ship
13. piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp