Definition of "cuarto" []

• A copper coin struck in Spain for circulation in Manila, current as the 160th part of a dollar. (noun)
• A measure of land in Buenos Ayres, since 1870 one fourth of a hectare. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "One of the former occasionally stimulates the activity of the latter by a stroke of the "cuarto" (mule-whip)."
• "Lately, white potatoes have been an exception, (and almost always starchy) at $26 pesos a kilo, IIRC, and garlic at a price per cuarto kg. that gives one pause."
• "Several years ago, having had to leave Mexico City for a time (my father was dying, and I had to return to the U.S.), when I came back, I needed a place quickly and rented a cuarto in Mexico City with the landlord from Hell."