quarter

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. one-fourth; trimester; district, region, direction; lodging, billet; mercy; two bits (inf.). See side, pity, leniency, abode. —v. t. quadrisect; divide, cut up; billet, station. See location, numeration.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [One of four equal parts]

Syn. fourth, one-fourth part, portion, fraction, division, span, three months, 90 days, semester, school term, quarter of an hour, fifteen minutes, quarter section, quadrant; see also part 1 .

2. [One quarter of a dollar]

Syn. twenty-five cents, coin, two bits*; see money 1 .

3. [Direction]

Syn. bearing, region, point; see direction 1 .

4. [A section of a community]

Syn. neighborhood, district, section; see area 2 .

5. [Mercy]

Syn. clemency, compassion, indulgence; see mercy 1 .

• at close quarters,

Syn. at close range, close together, cramped, restricted; see near 1 .

v.

1. [To divide into quarters]

Syn. quadrisect, cleave, dismember, cut up; see cut 1 , divide 1 .

2. [To provide living quarters]

Syn. lodge, shelter, assign to lodgings, settle, establish, accommodate, house, put up, billet, station, post.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. district neighborhood, barrio, precinct, section, region, zone.

2. mercy compassion, clemency, lenience, pity, forgiveness.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. One of four equal parts of something: quartern. See PART. 2. A part of the earth's surface: area, belt, district, locality, neighborhood, region, tract, zone. Informal: neck of the woods. See TERRITORY. 3. A rather small part of a geographic unit considered in regard to its inhabitants or distinctive characteristics. Often uppercase: area, district, neighborhood. See TERRITORY. II verb To provide with often temporary lodging: accommodate, bed (down), berth, bestow, billet, board, bunk1, domicile, harbor, house, lodge, put up, room. See PROTECTION.