Verb
- 1. quarter, billet, canton, lodge, accommodate
- usage: provide housing for (military personnel)
- 2. draw, quarter, draw and quarter, kill
- usage: 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"
- 3. quarter, segment, section
- usage: divide into quarters; "quarter an apple"
- 4. quarter, divide, fraction
- usage: divide by four; divide into quarters
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