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 or...
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No quarter, during military conflict, implies that combatants would not be taken prisoner, but killed. Since the Hague Convention of 1899, it is considered...
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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 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 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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The Quarter Pounder is a hamburger sold by international fast food chain McDonald's, so named for containing a patty with a precooked weight of four ounces...
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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 quarter, formally known as the quarter dollar, is a denomination of currency in the United States valued at 25 cents, representing one-quarter of a...
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A quarter note (American) or crotchet (/ˈkrɒtʃɪt/ KROTCH-it) (British) is a musical note played for one quarter of the duration of a whole note (or semibreve)...
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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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Borough European Quarter French Quarter German Quarter Irish Quarter Jewellery Quarter Latin Quarter Municipality Township "Quarter (14)". Oxford English...
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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 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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To be hanged, drawn and quartered became a statutory penalty for men convicted of high treason in the Kingdom of England from 1352 under King Edward III...
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The Fifth Quarter (or 5th Quarter) is an addition to a whole normally divided into four parts, usually referring to post-game activities after an American...
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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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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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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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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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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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In Irish tradition, the quarter days were the four dates in each year on which servants were hired, school terms started, and rents were due. They fell...
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The quarter eagle is a gold coin that was issued by the United States with a value of two hundred and fifty cents, or two dollars and fifty cents. It...
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The Mughrabi Quarter (Arabic: حارَة المَغارِبة, romanized: Hārat al-Maghāriba, lit. 'Neighbourhood of the Maghrebis'; Hebrew: שכונת המוגרבים, Sh'khunat...
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Quarter gunner was a military rank used in naval forces. In the Royal Navy in the middle of the 18th century, the term "quarter gunner" was used for referring...
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Quarter-to-date (QTD) is a period starting at the beginning of the current quarter and ending at the current date. Quarter-to-date is used in many contexts...
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The Gun Quarter is a district of the city of Birmingham, England, which was for many years a centre of the world's gun-manufacturing industry, specialising...
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Hatikva Quarter (Hebrew: שכונת התקווה, Shkhunat Hatikva) is a working class neighbourhood in southeastern Tel Aviv, Israel. The quarter was founded in...
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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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A quarter stick, colloquially known as the M-1000, is a large firecracker that falls within a certain range of dimensions that carry 30 grams of flash...
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The German Quarter (Russian: Немецкая слобода, romanized: Nemetskaya sloboda), also known as the Kukuy Quarter (Кукуйская слобода), was a neighbourhood...
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