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Quarter derives from the french meaning "4" or "¼" and may refer to:

Quarter (U.S. Coin) , valued at one-fourth of a U.S. dollar

Quarter (Canadian Coin) , valued at one-fourth of a Canadian dollar

one-fourth of an Hour

one-fourth of a Year , often a Fiscal Year

one-quarter of a Hundredweight

one-quarter of an Ounce , term associated mostly with illicit drug sales

an Academic Term shorter than a semester

" Quarters ", a drinking game

Quartering (heraldry)

In military and combat:

Mercy shown to a defeated opponent

General Quarters

Barracks

Officer's Quarters

Close Quarters Battle

In geography:

French Quarter , the oldest and most famous neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana

Latin Quarter , in a number of cities

Quartier Latin , an area of Paris

Quartiere , a subdivision of certain Italian towns

Quartier International De Montréal

Museumsquartier , Vienna, Austria

SEE ALSO

Quarterly

Hanging, Drawing And Quartering