What is the meaning of quarters?

noun

• One of four equal parts.
  • usage: "a quarter of a pound"
  • synonyms: one-fourth, fourth, one-quarter, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern
• A district of a city having some distinguishing character.
  • usage: "the Latin Quarter"
  • synonyms: quarter
• Football, professional basketball. ( one of four divisions into which some games are divided)
  • usage: "both teams scored in the first quarter"
  • synonyms: quarter
• A unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour.
  • usage: "it's a quarter til 4"; "a quarter after 4 o'clock"
  • synonyms: quarter
• One of four periods into which the school year is divided.
  • usage: "the fall quarter ends at Christmas"
  • synonyms: quarter
• A fourth part of a year; three months.
  • usage: "unemployment fell during the last quarter"
  • synonyms: quarter
• One of the four major division of the compass.
  • usage: "the wind is coming from that quarter"
  • synonyms: quarter
• A quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds.
  • synonyms: quarter
• A quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds.
  • synonyms: quarter
• A United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar.
  • usage: "he fed four quarters into the slot machine"
  • synonyms: quarter
• An unspecified person.
  • usage: "he dropped a word in the right quarter"
  • synonyms: quarter
• The rear part of a ship.
  • synonyms: stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail
• Piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp.
  • synonyms: quarter
• Clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent.
  • usage: "he surrendered but asked for quarter"
  • synonyms: quarter
• Housing available for people to live in.
  • usage: "he found quarters for his family"; "I visited his bachelor quarters"
  • synonyms: living quarters

verb

• Provide housing for (military personnel.
  • synonyms: quarter, billet, canton
• Pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him.
  • usage: "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"
  • synonyms: draw, quarter, draw and quarter
• Divide into quarters.
  • usage: "quarter an apple"
  • synonyms: quarter
• Divide by four; divide into quarters.
  • synonyms: quarter