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  • prefix A prefix for something related to a quarter, mostly used to denote a fourth part, or a three-month term.

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Examples

  • There are also more suburban neighborhoods with single-family homes on quarter- or half-acre lots, particularly near the village's border with Rye Brook.

    Port Chester: Packing a Lot Into a Village Melanie Lefkowitz 2011

  • Ethan Harris , North American economist at Bank of America, said every $10 increase in oil prices cuts between a quarter- to a half-percentage point off U.S. gross-domestic-product growth.

    Oil Touches $100 On Libya Turmoil Dan Strumpf 2011

  • England supporters will get only 5,000 official tickets for the Euro 2012 quarter- and semi-finals should the team make it that far.

    England fans face 5,000-ticket limit at Euro 2012 knockout games 2011

  • Cutler was compelled to travel back east, where he went virtually door-to-door, begging friends in the business to take pieces of the syndication, even if it were as little as a quarter- or half-percent.

    Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

  • Cutler was compelled to travel back east, where he went virtually door-to-door, begging friends in the business to take pieces of the syndication, even if it were as little as a quarter- or half-percent.

    Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

  • Once, at the annual Dartmouth tournament, Summers asked me why he always ended up a quarter- or semifinalist and not a winner.

    No Excuses Robert Shrum 2007

  • Once, at the annual Dartmouth tournament, Summers asked me why he always ended up a quarter- or semifinalist and not a winner.

    No Excuses Robert Shrum 2007

  • Once, at the annual Dartmouth tournament, Summers asked me why he always ended up a quarter- or semifinalist and not a winner.

    No Excuses Robert Shrum 2007

  • This can be given in quarter- to half-teaspoon doses for any acute infectious diseases, including coughs, colds, flus, and fevers.

    THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

  • Most shops sold their milk early in the morning and closed by 10 A.M. Customers usually brought their own containers and milk was sold in quarter-, half-, or 1-liter amounts, or according to a traditional unit called “seer.”

    Strategic Management in Developing Countries Case Studies James E. Austin 2000

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