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one fourth

one fourth is the rare spelling of one-fourth.

Meaning of one-fourth

Numeral

one-fourth

  1. One of four equal parts (1/4, ¼, 0.25).
    • California state Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson told The Wall Street Journal last month when the legislation passed that “one-fourth of California’s publicly traded companies still do not have a single woman on their board, despite numerous independent studies that show companies with women on their...2018 September 30, Julia Carpenter and Jackie Wattles, “California has a new law: No more all-male boards”, in CNN Business
    Synonyms:
    one-quarter

Questions about one fourth

What is one fourth the rare spelling of?
One fourth is the rare spelling of one-fourth.

Words near one fourth in the dictionary

  1. one foots
  2. one for all, all for one
  3. one for luck
  4. one for the money, two for the show, three to make ready, and four to go
  5. one for the road
  6. one fourth
  7. one from column A, one from column B
  8. one fry short of a Happy Meal
  9. one good turn deserves another
  10. one guy
  11. one hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen

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