Betydning af quarter på engelsk

quarter

noun

/ˈkwɔː.tər/ us

/ˈkwɔːr.t̬ɚ/

quarter noun (FOURTH PART)

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A2 [ C ]

one of four equal or almost equal parts of something; ¼:

He cut the orange into quarters.

quarter of Under a quarter of people questioned said that they were happily married.

My house is situated a mile and three-quarters from here.

a quarter of an hour

15 minutes:

I waited a quarter of an hour and then went home.

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a quarter to two, three, etc. A1 (also US a quarter of two, three, etc.)

15 minutes before two, three, etc.:

It was a quarter to six when I left.

Se mere

a quarter past two, three, etc. A1 (also US a quarter after two, three, etc.)

15 minutes after two, three, etc.:

I'll meet you at a quarter past five.

Se mere

[ C ]

one of four periods of time into which a year is divided for financial calculations, such as for profits or taxes:

There was a fall in unemployment in the second quarter of the year.

I get an electricity bill every quarter.

[ C ]

one of four periods in a game of American football and other ball sports

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The fall in the value of the yen might result in a fractional increase in interest rates of perhaps a quarter of one percent.
Road accident victims make up almost a quarter of the hospital's patients.
He inherited a quarter of a million pounds on his mother's death.
A quarter of the contents of an average family's dustbin is organic matter.
A quart is so called because it is a quarter of a gallon.

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Specific periods of time

American football

Parts & stages of competitions

quarter noun (COIN)

B2 [ C ]

in the US and Canada, a coin worth 25 cents

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North American money

quarter noun (AREA)

C2 [ C ]

an area of a town where a particular group of people live or work or where a particular activity happens:

This is the bustling commercial quarter of the city.

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Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities

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Towns & regions: environments & localities

quarter noun (PEOPLE)

[ C ]

one or more people who provide help, information, or a particular reaction to something but who are not usually named:

Help came from an unexpected quarter.

in some, many, certain, etc. quarters There is a feeling in some quarters (= some people consider) that a change is needed.

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Groups of people

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People in general

quarter noun (PLACE TO LIVE)

quarters [ plural ]

a room or house that has been provided, especially for servants or soldiers and their families, to live in:

married quarters The army's married quarters are just outside the town.

Se mere

[ C ] Indian English

a house or other place to live that has been provided by a company for an employee

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Houses & homes

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quarter noun (FORGIVENESS)

[ U ] literary

the fact of being kind towards or forgiving an enemy or opponent:

no quarter We can expect no quarter from our enemies.

He gave no quarter to anyone that disappointed him.

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Lenient & merciful

quarter

verb

/ˈkwɔː.tər/ us

/ˈkwɔːr.t̬ɚ/

quarter verb (CUT INTO FOUR)

[ T often passive ]

to cut something into four parts

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Separating and dividing

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quarter verb (SOLDIER)

[ T usually passive, + adv/prep ]

to send someone, especially soldiers, to live in a place:

The soldiers were quartered with (= they lived with) local people during the war.

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to accommodate someone

accommodateThere aren’t enough rooms to accommodate all the students.
give accommodation toThe university gives free accommodation to nursing students.
provide accommodation toWe only provide accommodation to first-year students.
lodgeStudents will be lodged with host families.
houseThe base can house up to 2,000 soldiers.
put someone upI can put you up for a couple of nights.

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Accommodating people

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The armed forces generally

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quarter

noun [ C ]

/ˈkwɔr·t̬ər/

quarter noun [C] (FOURTH PART)

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one of four equal or almost equal parts of something:

My house is one and three-quarter miles/a mile and three-quarters from here.

A quarter of/to the hour means 15 minutes before the stated hour:

It’s a quarter to three.

A quarter past/after the hour means 15 minutes after the stated hour:

I’ll meet you at a quarter past five.

A quarter is one of four equal or nearly equal periods of time into which an activity is divided:

Many universities divide the school year into quarters rather than two semesters.

quarter noun [C] (MONEY)

in the US and Canada, a coin worth 25 cents

quarter noun [C] (AREA)

an area of a city or place having a special history or character:

We stayed in the French Quarter in New Orleans.

quarter

verb [ T ]

/ˈkwɔr·t̬ər/

quarter verb [T] (DIVIDE INTO FOUR)

to divide something into four pieces of approximately the same size:

Peel and quarter the tomatoes and put them in the stew.

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quarter

noun [ C ]

/ˈkwɔːtər/ us

( abbreviation Q); ( abbreviation qtr)

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FINANCE, ACCOUNTING

a period of three months in a company's financial year:

Sales have climbed significantly each quarter.

Unquoted companies accounted for 23% of assets at the end of the last quarter.

first/second/third quarter The fall was 8% in the first quarter and only 2% in the second.

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Eksempler på quarter

quarter

The horizons are = 1, 4, 8, and 12 quarters.

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The lower one was the altar of the chapel, and the upper one, supported by four columns, was visible from the inmates' quarters.

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The formation of urban quarters allowed land speculators to undertake the densest possible exploitation of the lots.

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Table 1 lists the number of subclinical and clinical infections in lactating quarters per compartment of origin for each herd.

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However, the view that democracy fosters economic liberalization has met with considerable scepticism in certain quarters.

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The guides divided the city up into quarters, and documented every church and building of significance within each area.

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Six infections were detected in quarters from heifers, and no infections were detected in quarters from multiparous animals.

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Antiimperialism was justified in some radical quarters by sound racialist theory.

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In many quarters the idea that large numbers of adults might learn to communicate in just one foreign language was already too ambitious by half.

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Resistance to this project has been widespread, as critics from all quarters deny the availability of space between the two views.

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During the study, the farmers were informed of the infection status of all quarters every 3 weeks.

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R 271 samples were taken at calving, and 8 samples were taken from quarters that entered the population after purchase of animals.

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Farmers may be aware that recovered quarters are at higher risk of infection.

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At least one national parliamentary election occurred in each of these quarters, but only one election was held in most of them.

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When three quarters of the couples' wealth is pre-annuitized, a coefficient of risk aversion greater than ten is required.

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bottom quarter

They are in the bottom quarter of the pile.

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consecutive quarter

It may be more helpful, therefore, to look at non-oil output, which fell in the third quarter for the fifth consecutive quarter.

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cramped quarters

Similarly, the often spacious potting shed provided workers who may have lived in cramped quarters with their own spaces in which to work and reflect.

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çeyrek, dörtte bir, çeyrek kala/geçe…

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fjärdedel, kvart, kvartal…

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satu per empat, syiling dua puluh lima sen, kawasan…

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das Viertel, der Vierteldollar, die Gegend…

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fjerdedel [masculine], kvarter [neuter], kvartdollar [masculine]…