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Quarter derives from the French meaning "4" (quatre) or "¼" (quatrier).
- Quarter (U.S. coin), valued at one-fourth of a U.S. dollar
- Quarter (Canadian coin), valued at one-fourth of a Canadian dollar
- an academic term shorter than a semester
- "Quarters", a drinking game
- "Quarters", also known as Bloody Knuckles, a schoolyard game involving quarters or other coins
- Quarters of nobility, proof that all four grandparents were aristocrats
- Quartering (heraldry), joining several coats of arms on one shield partitioned in four
In military and combat:
- Barracks
- General quarters
- Officer's quarters
- Close quarters battle
- Mercy shown to a defeated opponent. Most often used in a negative sense, as 'give no quarter'.
In geography:
- French Quarter, the oldest and most famous neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana
- Latin Quarter, in a number of cities
- Quarteirão, city blocks in Brazil
- Quartier Latin, an area of Paris
- Quartiere, a subdivision of certain Italian towns
- Quartier international de Montréal
- Museumsquartier, Vienna, Austria
- One of the four quarters of Jerusalem's Old City
- The Quarter, an entertainment and retail attraction at Tropicana Casino Resort Atlantic City
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