quarters
Britishplural noun
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housing or accommodation, esp as provided for military personnel and their families
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the stations assigned to military personnel, esp to each crew member of a warship
general quarters
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(in India) housing provided by an employer or by the government
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slang (functioning as singular) military short for quartermaster
Example Sentences
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On February 7, the Utah Jazz led the Orlando Magic by seven points after three quarters.
Faint signals of resistance can be detected from unlikely quarters.
From Salon
And while Abel said share repurchases were an “important capital-allocation option,” the company didn’t buy back any stock during the fourth quarter, extending that trend to six quarters.
From MarketWatch
And despite beating earnings expectations 13 quarters in a row, the stock declined the next day by an average of 3% after the last three of them.
From Barron's
Recently, he highlighted that Palantir’s accounts receivable have been growing faster than revenue for nine of the last 12 quarters.
From MarketWatch
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