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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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