Quater vs. Quarter — Which is Correct Spelling?
By Tayyaba Rehman & Fiza Rafique — Updated on March 18, 2024
"Quater" is a common misspelling of the correct word "Quarter," which can refer to one-fourth of something or a unit of currency.
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Which is correct: Quater or Quarter
How to spell Quarter?
Quater
Incorrect Spelling
Quarter
Correct Spelling
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Key Differences
Think of the phrase "quarterback" to recall that the correct spelling has an "r" after the "u."
Relate "quarter" to money, as a 25-cent coin, to remember it's worth more and therefore has an extra 'r.'
Link "quarter" to "quarterly," which also includes the same "u" and "ar" sequence.
Remember that "quarter" has the same "u" as in "four," which makes sense since it often represents one-fourth.
Use the acronym Q.U.A.R.T.E.R to stand for "Quite Unmistakably, A Real Term Easily Remembered."
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How Do You Spell Quarter Correctly?
Incorrect: He gave me a quater to use for the vending machine.
Correct: He gave me a quarter to use for the vending machine.
Incorrect: Each quater of the city has its own unique character.
Correct: Each quarter of the city has its own unique character.
Incorrect: They plan to release the new product in the second quater of the year.
Correct: They plan to release the new product in the second quarter of the year.
Incorrect: The report shows a significant increase in sales in the last quater.
Correct: The report shows a significant increase in sales in the last quarter.
Quarter Definitions
One of four equal parts into which something is divided.
She cut the apple into quarters.
A period of three months, especially in relation to financial reporting.
The company had a profitable first quarter.
A coin in the United States and Canada worth 25 cents.
He paid with a quarter.
(time) A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.
A place of residence or lodging.
The soldiers were provided with new quarters.
To provide with lodging or shelter.
The refugees were quartered in temporary camps.
Each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided
A page and a quarter
A quarter of a mile
She cut each apple into quarters
One fourth of a pound weight (avoirdupois, equal to 4 ounces).
The haunches or hindquarters of a horse
They have strong, muscular quarters
A part of a town or city having a particular character or use
A beautiful port city with a fascinating medieval quarter
The direction of one of the points of the compass, especially as a direction from which the wind blows.
Rooms or lodgings, especially those allocated to people in military or domestic service
They lived in RAF married quarters
Pity or mercy shown towards an enemy or opponent who is in one's power
The riot squad gave no quarter
Each of four or more roughly equal divisions of a shield separated by vertical and horizontal lines.
Divide into four equal or corresponding parts
Peel and quarter the bananas
Be stationed or lodged in a specified place
Many were quartered in tents
Range over or traverse (an area) in every direction
We watched a pair of kingfishers quartering the river looking for minnows
Display (different coats of arms) in quarters of a shield, especially to show arms inherited from heiresses who have married into the bearer's family
Edward III quartered the French royal arms with his own
One of four equal parts.
A coin equal to one fourth of the dollar of the United States and Canada.
One fourth of an hour; 15 minutes.
One fourth of a year; three months
Sales were up in the second quarter.
An academic term lasting approximately three months.
One fourth of the period of the moon's revolution around Earth.
One of the two phases of the moon at which the moon, as viewed from Earth, appears to be half illuminated by the sun. The quarter phases mark the quarter and three-quarter points of the moon's revolution about the Earth.
(Sports) One of four equal periods of playing time into which some games, such as football and basketball, are divided.
One fourth of a yard; nine inches.
One fourth of a mile; two furlongs.
One fourth of a pound; four ounces.
One fourth of a ton; 500 pounds. Used as a measure of grain.
Chiefly British A measure of grain equal to approximately eight bushels.
One fourth of a hundredweight; 25 pounds.
One fourth of a British hundredweight; 28 pounds.
One of the four major divisions of the compass.
One fourth of the distance between any two of the 32 divisions of the compass.
One of the four major divisions of the horizon as determined by the four major points of the compass.
A region or an area of the earth thought of as falling into such a specific division of the compass.
(Nautical) The general direction on either side of a ship located 45° off the stern.
The upper portion of the after side of a ship, usually between the aftermost mast and the stern.
The part of a yard between the slings and the yardarm.
(Heraldry) Any of four equal divisions of a shield.
One leg of an animal's carcass, usually including the adjoining parts.
Either side of a horse's hoof.
The part of the side of a shoe between the heel and the vamp.
Quarters A place of residence, especially the buildings or barracks used to house military personnel or their dependents.
Often quarters A proper or assigned station or place, as for officers and crew on a warship.
Often Quarter A specific district or section, as of a city
The French Quarter.
Often quarters An unspecified person or group
Information from the highest quarters.
Mercy or clemency, especially when displayed or given to an enemy.
Being one of four equal or equivalent parts.
Being one fourth of a standard or usual value.
To divide into four equal or equivalent parts.
To quartersaw.
To divide or separate into a number of parts.
To dismember (a human body) into four parts.
(Heraldry) To divide (a shield) into four equal areas with vertical and horizontal lines.
To mark or place (holes, for example) a fourth of a circle apart.
To locate and adjust (one machine part) at right angles to its connecting part within the machine.
To furnish with housing
Quartered the troops in an old factory building.
To traverse (an area of ground) laterally back and forth while slowly advancing forward.
To take up or be assigned lodgings.
To cover an area of ground by ranging over it from side to side.
A fourth part of something.
(in general sense) Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
A quarter of an hour.
A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.
A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.
(historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard.
A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night.
A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.
A fourth part of a hundredweight.
(heraldry) A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
(North America) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
(sport) One of four equal periods into which a game is divided.
A quarter of an acre or 40 roods.
Place or position.
A region or place.
Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass.
A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.
One's residence or dwelling-place; in plural rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff.
A topic or area of endeavour.
(nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
(farriery) The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.
(often plural) A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.
Opposition to the policy came from an unexpected quarter, as well as from certain quarters which had historically opposed it
All quarters of the socialist movement; praise from Conservative quarters
(obsolete) Relations between people.
Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.
Short forms.
A quarterback.
A quartermaster; a quartermaster sergeant.
A quarterfinal.
Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter.
(chiefly) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (4, 25%).
A quarter hour; a quarter century; a quarter note; a quarter pound
(chiefly) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.
A quarter day is one terminating a quarter of the year.
A quarter session is one held quarterly at the end of a quarter.
(transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
(transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
Quarter the horses in the third stable.
(intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
(transitive) To quartersaw.
(obsolete) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc.
Scouts each coast light-armed scour,Each quarter, to descry the distant foe.
A division of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris.
Proper station; specific place; assigned position; special location.
Swift to their several quarters hasted thenThe cumbrous elements.
The banter turned as to what quarters each would find.
A station or encampment occupied by troops; a place of lodging for soldiers or officers; as, winter quarters.
He magnified his own clemency, now they were at his mercy, to offer them quarter for their lives.
Cocks and lambs . . . at the mercy of cats and wolves . . . must never expect better quarter.
Friendship; amity; concord.
In quarter, and in terms like bride and groom.
I knew two that were competitors for the secretary's place, . . . and yet kept good quarter between themselves.
To divide into four equal parts.
To divide; to separate into parts or regions.
Then sailors quartered heaven.
To furnish with shelter or entertainment; to supply with the means of living for a time; especially, to furnish shelter to; as, to quarter soldiers.
They mean this night in Sardis to be quartered.
To furnish as a portion; to allot.
This isle . . . He quarters to his blue-haired deities.
To arrange (different coats of arms) upon one escutcheon, as when a man inherits from both father and mother the right to bear arms.
To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
Every creature that met us would rely on us for quartering.
One of four equal parts;
A quarter of a pound
A district of a city having some distinguishing character;
The Latin Quarter
One of four periods of play into which some games are divided;
Both teams scored in the first quarter
A unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour;
It's a quarter til 4
A quarter after 4 o'clock
One of four periods into which the school year is divided;
The fall quarter ends at Christmas
A fourth part of a year; three months;
Unemployment fell during the last quarter
One of the four major division of the compass;
The wind is coming from that quarter
A quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
A quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
A United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar;
He fed four quarters into the slot machine
An unspecified person;
He dropped a word in the right quarter
The rear part of a ship
Piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
Provide housing for (military personnel)
Pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him;
In the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes
Divide into quarters;
Quarter an apple
Divide by four; divide into quarters
Quarter Meaning in a Sentence
Each quarter of the moon cycle brings different tidal changes.
I found a quarter on the ground while walking to school.
The city is planning to renovate the historic quarter next year.
In basketball, each quarter lasts twelve minutes.
The old quarter of the city is a popular tourist destination.
The company's profits increased by 10% in the first quarter.
The budget report is due at the end of each fiscal quarter.
They aim to increase production by the next quarter.
The meeting was scheduled for the last quarter of the hour.
The new policy will be implemented in the next quarter.
The moon was in its first quarter, half illuminated.
Rent is due at the beginning of each quarter.
The museum is located in the cultural quarter of the city.
They celebrated their success in the third quarter with a team lunch.
The quarter note is a basic element of musical notation.
Her apartment is in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
The car uses a quarter of a tank of gas to get to the city.
During the final quarter of the game, the team made a remarkable comeback.
Each quarter, employees undergo a performance review.
Quarter Idioms & Phrases
Give someone a quarter
To show mercy or leniency.
In the final match, the champion gave no quarter to his opponent.
A quarter of the way there
To have completed 25% of a task or journey.
After two hours of hiking, they were only a quarter of the way there.
Not worth a quarter
Something of very little value.
The old car was not worth a quarter after the accident.
Turn the quarter
To pass a critical point in an illness towards recovery.
After a week in the hospital, he finally turned the quarter.
Change for a quarter
To break down a larger situation into smaller, manageable parts.
Let's break this project down into change for a quarter to tackle it more effectively.
A quarter to
Fifteen minutes before the hour.
We need to leave by a quarter to five to catch the train.
A quarter past
Fifteen minutes after the hour.
The meeting is scheduled to start at a quarter past nine.
Common Curiosities
Why is it called Quarter?
It is called "quarter" because it often represents one-fourth of something.
What is the root word of Quarter?
The root is the Latin word "quartarius."
What is the verb form of Quarter?
To quarter.
Which vowel is used before Quarter?
The vowel 'a' is used.
What is the singular form of Quarter?
Quarter.
Which conjunction is used with Quarter?
"And" as in "meat and potatoes with a quarter of milk."
Which preposition is used with Quarter?
"Of" as in "quarter of an hour."
Is Quarter an abstract noun?
No.
What is the pronunciation of Quarter?
/ˈkwɔːrtər/
Is Quarter an adverb?
No.
What is the plural form of Quarter?
Quarters.
How many syllables are in Quarter?
Two.
What is a stressed syllable in Quarter?
"Quar"
What is the opposite of Quarter?
Whole.
Is Quarter a collective noun?
No.
Is the word “Quarter” a Direct object or an Indirect object?
It can be a direct object, depending on sentence structure.
How do we divide Quarter into syllables?
Quar-ter.
Which determiner is used with Quarter?
"A" or "the."
What is the first form of Quarter?
Quarter.
Is Quarter a negative or positive word?
Neutral.
Is Quarter a vowel or consonant?
It's a word, not a letter.
Is the Quarter term a metaphor?
It can be, depending on the context.
Is the word Quarter is Gerund?
No.
What is the third form of Quarter?
Quartered.
Is Quarter a noun or adjective?
It can be both a noun and a verb.
What part of speech is Quarter?
Noun or verb.
What is another term for Quarter?
One-fourth.
How is Quarter used in a sentence?
"She divided the pie into four quarters."
Which article is used with Quarter?
"A" or "the" can be used.
Is Quarter a countable noun?
Yes.
Is the word Quarter is imperative?
No.
What is the second form of Quarter?
Quartered.
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