quarter
CEFR: A2
One of four equal divisions of time: either fifteen minutes (one quarter of an hour) or three months (a financial/academic quarter of a year). Vital in IELTS Academic Task 1 for interpreting quarterly economic trends and charts.
Synonyms
- three-month period
- trimester
Common Collocations
- first quarter
- quarter of an hour
- quarterly earnings
Example Sentence
Export revenues increased sharply during the third quarter of the fiscal year.