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Definition of quarter verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

quarter

verb
 
/ˈkwɔːtə(r)/
 
/ˈkwɔːrtər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they quarter
 
/ˈkwɔːtə(r)/
 
/ˈkwɔːrtər/
he / she / it quarters
 
/ˈkwɔːtəz/
 
/ˈkwɔːrtərz/
past simple quartered
 
/ˈkwɔːtəd/
 
/ˈkwɔːrtərd/
past participle quartered
 
/ˈkwɔːtəd/
 
/ˈkwɔːrtərd/
-ing form quartering
 
/ˈkwɔːtərɪŋ/
 
/ˈkwɔːrtərɪŋ/
Idioms
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    divide into 4

  1. quarter something to cut or divide something into four parts
    • She peeled and quartered an apple.
  2. provide rooms

  3. quarter somebody (+ adv./prep.) (formal) to provide somebody with a place to eat and sleep
    • The soldiers were quartered in the town.
  4. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French quartier, from Latin quartarius ‘fourth part of a measure’, from quartus ‘fourth’, from quattuor ‘four’.
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