I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(a) quarter of an hour (= fifteen minutes )
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Mum was gone for about a quarter of an hour.
a quarter of seven (= 6.45 )
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It’s a quarter of seven .
first/second etc quarter earnings (= the amount a company earns during one of the four periods of three months that make up a financial year )
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The company’s fourth quarter earnings are excellent.
hind legs/feet/quarters/limbs
married quarters (= where soldiers live with their wives )
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Can a soldier’s wife continue to live in married quarters if her husband leaves her?
quarter day
quarter note
quarter sessions
three quarters of an hour (= forty-five minutes )
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The journey takes three quarters of an hour.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
close
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Flights in close quarters can also lead to back pain, swollen ankles, leg cramps and psychological distress.
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There tactics were strongly influenced by reliance on line formation and fire-power, as against attack at close quarters .
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At close quarters a rifle is almost useless.
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They do not want to be reminded of their own ageing by the evident blooming of youth at such close quarters .
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His eyes searching hers from very close quarters , he chuckled when she hastily lowered her lashes.
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The girl must have been, as Martha had said, stagestruck: she had wanted to see Désirée at close quarters .
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He had observed Franklin Roosevelt at close quarters and absorbed many of his techniques.
final
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There was improvement in all Commercial lines when compared with both the first and the final quarters of 1992.
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The 49ers had a 35-21 lead with three seconds gone in the final quarter , and that was enough.
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Not until the final quarter did the home side recover their composure, by which time it was way too late.
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Invoice might be, for example, the cost of electricity used during the final quarter of the year.
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Geest warned in the autumn that oversupply in the final quarter of 1995 would severely hamper its full-year bottom line.
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Quarterback Terrence Bryant, who sat out the final quarter , completed 17 of 25 passes for 224 yards and two scores.
fiscal
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Motorola made its prediction after announcing a 19 per cent fall in orders during its fourth fiscal quarter .
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The chip maker said it expects to report disappointing results for its fiscal third quarter ending Dec. 31.
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He sees turnover accelerating from the 15% growth recorded in the 1993 fiscal second quarter to March.
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Silicon Graphics said its earnings for the fiscal second quarter ended Dec. 31 would fall short of expectations.
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Santa Clara-based 3Com Corp. yesterday posted record profits and sales for the third fiscal quarter ended February 29.
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The company earned $ 373 million, or 60 cents a share, in the fiscal second quarter a year earlier.
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Microsoft said profit from operations rose 45 percent in its second fiscal quarter ending in December.
living
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Hamilton had disappeared through the connecting passage which led to their living quarters .
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The living quarters of servants undoubtedly improved.
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Telegraph poles push up into the living quarters protecting folk from the fickle rising seas.
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But the park's present elephants are eager to inspect their £250,000 living quarters before they move in.
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Denise Johnson, who was in her 30s, was murdered in the living quarters of her city centre pub.
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We visited the chapel and then headed for the living quarters .
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There's a farm manager and his wife, who have their own cottage, with attached living quarters for two men.
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Their offices faced right on to our living quarters and they were always staring at us.
■ NOUN
century
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A lowering of standards is generally noted, however, in the last quarter century .
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One sign of sluggish growth came during the holidays, as retailers reported the smallest sales gains in a quarter century .
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Some remarkable men are now being freed after a quarter century in prison.
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The estimated median age of marriage has continued to rise over the past quarter century .
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The real point is that competition for the region has changed over the past quarter century from military to economic.
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This was 1869, a quarter century before the great bicycle boom, a time before bicycles were bicycles at all.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
at close quarters
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From our hiding place we were able to observe the animals at close quarters.
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This was the first time I had seen such poverty at close quarters.
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As the family kept vigil, the children saw at close quarters the stubborn determination of their stepmother.
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At close quarters a rifle is almost useless.
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Harry and I were tall and strong, not easy to attack at close quarters.
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He wishes to inspect at close quarters all the actors in this drama.
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I had seen it happen at close quarters because I am his caddie.
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The battle continued at close quarters.
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The girl must have been, as Martha had said, stagestruck: she had wanted to see Désirée at close quarters.
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There tactics were strongly influenced by reliance on line formation and fire-power, as against attack at close quarters.
living quarters
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But the park's present elephants are eager to inspect their £250,000 living quarters before they move in.
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Hamilton had disappeared through the connecting passage which led to their living quarters.
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I tend to be work-oriented and my living quarters seem to have shrunk, year by year, to this miniature state.
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The living quarters of servants undoubtedly improved.
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The teens, agitated by their restriction, were randomly leaving their living quarters and vehemently hurling obscenities and spitting at staff.
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They were transferring it to living quarters attached to the hospital.
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To those used to claustrophobic living quarters and the isolation of island living, a mini-Bio2 seems positively charming.
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We visited the chapel and then headed for the living quarters.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Cut the sandwiches into quarters.
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Houston was ahead by 15 points at the end of the first quarter .
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She was back in Michigan in time to teach spring quarter .
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The article is about two and a quarter pages long.
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The company's profits rose in the first quarter of the year.
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The Dahdah palace is in the old Jewish quarter of Damascus.
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We rented a house in the Creole quarter of New Orleans.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cut into quarters and arrange around brioche slices.
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Group profits slumped by 40 percent to £16.9 million last year, of which houses contributed three-quarters and development, a quarter .
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He sprinted 83 yards for the decisive touchdown in the fourth quarter .
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It's valued at a quarter of a million pounds.
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Maybe a couple hours of quarter slots.
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The temple of Hera was built in the second quarter of the century, clearly under mainland influence.
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The town was a cluster of different quarters, all living in fear of massacre.
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There were 327 children on the list on April 1, an increase of just two on the previous quarter .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
million
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Simsmetal had previously reported a 10. 1 percent gain to A $ 14. 6 million in first quarter profit.
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The company lost $ 3. 4 million in the first quarter on sales of $ 7. 6 million.
percent
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Revenue from continuing business rose 22 percent in the fourth quarter from a year ago.
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The gross margin was 20. 7 percent in the fourth quarter .
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Real final sales, which exclude the effects of inventory changes, rose 3. 5 percent in the third quarter .
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For three consecutive quarters in 1999, sales were up more than 10 percent .
second
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Gamble Co. and by Parker Hannifin Corp., which posted lower-than-expected fiscal second-quarter earnings.
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The rise was led by Linear Technology Corp., which reported stronger-than-expected fiscal second-quarter earnings.
year
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Sales rose 11 percent from the $ 2. 83 billion posted in the year-ago quarter .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
at close quarters
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From our hiding place we were able to observe the animals at close quarters.
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This was the first time I had seen such poverty at close quarters.
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As the family kept vigil, the children saw at close quarters the stubborn determination of their stepmother.
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At close quarters a rifle is almost useless.
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Harry and I were tall and strong, not easy to attack at close quarters.
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He wishes to inspect at close quarters all the actors in this drama.
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I had seen it happen at close quarters because I am his caddie.
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The battle continued at close quarters.
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The girl must have been, as Martha had said, stagestruck: she had wanted to see Désirée at close quarters.
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There tactics were strongly influenced by reliance on line formation and fire-power, as against attack at close quarters.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Quarter two large apples.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In the last few years Janir had quartered my involvement in sports, music and writing.