Quarter-

Full definition of quarter-

Prefix

1. A quarter: either a fourth part, or a three-month term.
• A quarter-century is twenty-five years.
• A quarter-day is one terminating a quarter of the year.
• Wodehouse Jeeves in the Offing|chapter=XVII|passage=“When I say mind,” said the blood relation, “I refer to the quarter-teaspoonful of brain which you might possibly find in her head if you sank an artesian well.”

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