quarters

Etymology

noun

1. plural of quarter.

noun

1. (plural only, military) Housing, barracks or other habitation or living space. Compare cuarto.
   I have visited my quarters, and find them very comfortable.[…]Steerage is like everything else maritime[…]vastly improved since Robert Louis Stevenson took his trip third class to New York. 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 1, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad
2. (by extension) The place where someone or something lives
   2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/03/macaques-monkeys-indonesia-endangered-pet-trade/ The local pet trade thrives on captured or orphaned baby macaques—often malnourished and kept in tight quarters.
3. A commonly played university drinking game in North America.
4. Quarterfinals.

verb

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of quarter