- third quarter
- /θɜ:d 'kwɔ:tə/ nouna period of three months from July to September
Dictionary of banking and finance. 2015.
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third-quarter — UK US adjective [before noun] (ABBREVIATION Q3) ► ACCOUNTING, FINANCE relating to the third period of three months in a company s financial year: »Coca Cola s sales are expected to increase about 10% in the fourth quarter, a sharp improvement… … Financial and business terms
third quarter — third quarter, 1. the period between full moon and second half moon. 2. the phase of the moon represented by the second half moon, after full moon … Useful english dictionary
third quarter — third part out of four parts; third part of the four parts of a year … English contemporary dictionary
quarter-hour — [kwôrt′ər our′] n. 1. fifteen minutes 2. the point marking the first quarter or third quarter of an hour … English World dictionary
quarter — noun 1 one of four equal parts into which sth is divided ⇨ See also ↑fourth VERB + QUARTER ▪ break sth into quarters, cut sth into quarters, divide sth into quarters, fold sth into quarters … Collocations dictionary
quarter — [[t]kwɔ͟ː(r)tə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ quarters, quartering, quartered 1) FRACTION A quarter is one of four equal parts of something. A quarter of the residents are over 55 years old... I ve got to go and collect my son in about a quarter of an hour... Prices … English dictionary
quarter — I UK [ˈkwɔː(r)tə(r)] / US [ˈkwɔrtər] noun Word forms quarter : singular quarter plural quarters *** 1) [countable] maths one of four equal parts of something quarter of: Over a quarter of our income goes on food. Nearly three quarters of the… … English dictionary
quarter — ▪ I. quarter quar‧ter 1 [ˈkwɔːtə ǁ ˈkwɔːrtər] noun [countable] 1. one of four equal parts into which something can be divided: • They re firing almost a quarter of the workforce. • A quarter of the project s income comes from government grants. 2 … Financial and business terms
quarter — quar|ter1 [ kwɔrtər ] noun *** ▸ 1 one of four equal parts ▸ 2 coin worth 25 cents ▸ 3 part of town ▸ 4 particular person/group ▸ 5 kind behavior ▸ 6 unit of weight 1. ) count one of four equal parts of something: quarter of: Over a quarter of… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
quarter — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin quartarius, from quartus fourth Date: 14th century 1. one of four equal parts into which something is divisible ; a fourth part < in the top quarter of his class > 2. any of various … New Collegiate Dictionary
