Traduction et définition
a quarter (coin): un "quarter" (pièce de 25 cents aux États-Unis)
A quarter est une pièce de 25 cents aux États-Unis. Un quarter signifie littéralement "un quart." Il est fréquemment employé seul, avec des significations diverses.
a quarter (25 cents) un quart de dollar
the (Latin) quarter: le quartier (Latin)
a (financial) quarter: un trimestre (financier)
quarterly: tous les trimestres, trimestriellement
Pronunciation examples
UK: Villon lived in the Latin Quarter of Paris.
US: Could you lend me a quarter? I need a cola.
Exemples
- "To say thank you for all your hard work lately, and to celebrate our moderately successful first quarter sales, I'm pleased to announce that the senior staff of the Delavigne Corporation will be taking a team-building trip this weekend!"
- "According to my records, you bought 30,000 units last quarter."
- "Bob : But it's only a quarter to two!"
- "When we arrived in Paris, he took me to a restaurant in the Latin quarter for a romantic dinner."
- "I've got your orders from last quarter right in front of me, so let's get the ball rolling."
- "Bordello Breeze: last quarter you ordered 50,000 units."
- "Krazy Gidyeon's Perfume Warehouse.com is slashing prices on all Delavigne perfumes as part of our crazy quarterly liquidation sale!"
- "You know how it works: we'll look at how your Delavigne products have been selling this quarter, what you'd like to order more of, what you've still got in stock, etc."
- "And then I'm supposed to have a meeting with Philip and talk about the sales budget for the next quarter, and I just know he's going to ask me for more stuff that I can't afford to allocate him, and - well - you know what Philip's like, and... It's just too much, mommy!"
- "Brian : It's a temporary downturn in economic activity, usually indicated by two consecutive quarters of a falling GDP."
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