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qtr

9.5

A place where people live, often for soldiers or workers

noun
/kwɪtər/

: alojamiento

Many workers stay in the company qtrs during the week.

Examples

Each worker was assigned a small qtr close to the construction site.
During the winter, the team stayed in a temporary qtr near the research station.
The new recruits were shown to their qtr after arriving at the training camp.
The soldiers were assigned to live in the qtr near the base.
The new recruits were shown to their qtr after arriving at the training camp.
Each worker was assigned a small qtr close to the construction site.
During the winter, the team stayed in a temporary qtr near the research station.

Synonyms

pad

vsqtr

Informal

61 7.4

A casual word for a home often meaning a small apartment

is the abbreviated term used also for official group housing contexts

living quarters

vsqtr

18 2.8

Rooms or small buildings where people live inside a larger place

is the abbreviated name used in writing for that same accommodation

living accommodations

vsqtr

1 3.3

Places like rooms or buildings where people live

is the short written form used for these kinds of housing

quarters

vsqtr

2.9

Rooms or buildings where a group of people live, like soldiers

is the shortened written form used instead of the full term

military quarters

vsqtr

3.7

Places on a military base where soldiers live

is the general abbreviation covering such military and nonmilitary housing

How Private

apartment

∞ 1.0

room

∞ 1.0

qtr

9.5

barracks

2.3

camp

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

qtr singular

qtrs plural

Etymology

Qtr is short for quarters, from Old French quartier and Latin quartus meaning 'fourth'. Armies and large workplaces used to give each group a 'quarter' or place to live, so quarters now means housing or living places.