Talk:quarter


 * Other Meanings:

I've seen and used other meanings such as "place of residence", "place of military residence", "Relations", "Type of death sentence"


 * Other Derivations:

Headquarters


 * Research I'd Like To See:

I'd really like to know what ties the latin root for the number four to a place people sleep or meet? I can figure out the "relations" tie to "place of residence" as in "She is my quarter" because the phrase is just pointing out that the person is providing shelter for the another. But why oh why does 4 = home?

the tank was only a quarter full
What meaning applies to its use in the tank was only a quarter full ? --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:15, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

a fourth-quarter spurt in inflation
is fourth-quarter to be added? --Backinstadiums (talk) 13:14, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

-and-three-quarters/fourths ?
We do have examples of -and-a-half. --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:22, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

rely upon us for quartering
Seems to be taken from a different book, see here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Vision_of_Sudden_Death and therein it may mean "to evade an obstacle" as in oncoming wagon, or "to evade a rut". It's really hard to say.

Order of meanings
Can we re-order the meanings of quarter as a noun, in order of frequency of usage, instead of in order of historical precedence, which results in archaic uses being listed before common uses? You have to wade through a whole list of obsolete meanings before you get to the most common one, the 25 cent piece. 98.115.160.165 05:11, 27 June 2023 (UTC)