• quarter is one-fourth, 1⁄4, 25%, or 0.25. Look up quarter, one fourth, one quarter, quarters, or quartier in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Quarter...
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  • No quarter, during military conflict or piracy, implies that combatants would not be taken prisoner, but killed. Since the Hague Convention of 1899, it...
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  • Quarter-on-quarter or quarter-over-quarter, abbreviated as QOQ is a term of art in accounting, finance and economics. It may refer to a comparison of data...
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    The quarter farthing was a British coin worth 1⁄3840 of a pound, 1⁄192 of a shilling, or +1⁄16 of a penny. The Royal Mint issued the coins in copper for...
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    The French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré, is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. After New Orleans (French: Nouvelle-Orléans)...
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    A quarter note (AmE) or crotchet (BrE) (/ˈkrɒtʃɪt/) is a musical note played for one quarter of the duration of a whole note (or semibreve). Quarter notes...
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    In Australian and New Zealand English, a quarter acre is a term for a suburban plot of land. Traditionally, Australians and New Zealanders aspired to...
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  • The quarter, formally known as the quarter dollar, is a coin in the United States valued at 25 cents, representing one-quarter of a dollar. Adorning its...
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  • The quarter florin or helm was an attempt by English King Edward III to produce a gold coinage suitable for use in Europe as well as in England (see also...
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  • In British and Irish tradition, the quarter days are the four dates in each year on which servants were hired, school terms started, and rents were due...
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    The Mughrabi Quarter, also known as the Maghrebi Quarter, was a neighbourhood in the southeast corner of the Old City of Jerusalem, established in the...
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    Quarter sawing or quartersawing is a woodworking process that produces quarter-sawn or quarter-cut boards in the rip cutting of logs into lumber. The resulting...
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    The Washington quarter is the present quarter dollar or 25-cent piece issued by the United States Mint. The coin was first struck in 1932; the original...
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    The American Quarter Horse, or Quarter Horse, is an American breed of horse that excels at sprinting short distances. Its name is derived from its ability...
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    Quarter glass (or quarter light) on automobiles and closed carriages may be a side window in the front door or located on each side of the car just forward...
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    To be hanged, drawn and quartered was a method of torturous capital punishment used principally to execute men convicted of high treason in medieval and...
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    A quarter stick, colloquially known as the M-1000, is a large firecracker that falls within a certain range of dimensions: 1" x 2.5" or 3/4" x 6". These...
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    Borough European Quarter French Quarter German Quarter Irish Quarter Jewellery Quarter Latin Quarter Municipality Township "Quarter (14)". Oxford English...
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    The quarter guard is a small detachment of troops that can be used as a ceremonial guard which may be mounted at the entrance of a military unit to pay...
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    A quarter panel (British English: rear wing) is the body panel (exterior surface) of an automobile between a rear door (or only door on each side for...
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  • Quarter-mile or 1⁄4 mile may refer to: A dragstrip competition or vehicle test in motorsport, where cars or motorcycles compete for the shortest time...
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    A quarter tone is a pitch halfway between the usual notes of a chromatic scale or an interval about half as wide (orally, or logarithmically) as a semitone...
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    The Quarter at Tropicana is an Old Havana-themed enclosed shopping mall located at the Tropicana Casino & Resort Atlantic City in Atlantic City, New Jersey...
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  • Look up no quarter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. No quarter, no mercy shown by a victor, who treats a vanquished opponent very harshly or refuses...
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  • The quarter (lit. "one-fourth") was used as the name of several distinct English units based on ¼ sizes of some base unit. The "quarter of London" mentioned...
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    The term "quarter dollar" refers to a quarter-unit of several currencies that are named "dollar". One dollar ($1) is normally divided into subsidiary...
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    The Quarter Pounder is a brand of hamburger introduced in 1971 by a Fremont, California franchisee of international fast food chain McDonald's and extended...
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  • A European Quarter (also: "European District", "EU Quarter" and other variations or by the French: Quartier européen) usually refers to an area of a city...
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    A quarter gallery is an architectural feature of the stern of a sailing ship from around the 16th to the 19th century. Quarter galleries are a kind of...
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    The Quarter guinea was a British coin minted only in the years 1718 and 1762. As the name implies, it was valued at one-fourth of a guinea, which at that...
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