From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishquartquart /kwɔːt $ kwɔːrt/ noun [countable] (written abbreviation qt) TMa unit for measuring liquid, equal to two pints. In Britain this is 1.14 litres, and in the US it is 0.95 litres.
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quart• Pour into 1 quart casserole dish, top with cheese and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until brown and bubbly.• Place one half of the potatoes in the bottom of a 2 quart casserole.• This was a rich port type and the bottle holding about a quart cost 3s9d.• I phoned down for some eggs, toast and a quart of coffee.• But then, everyone in Savannah seems a quart low on the Valvoline, if you know what I mean.• Then with a quart of whisky in a brown paper bag they drove carefully down the track to Coventry's houseboat.• Wash walls with a solution of two tablespoons of baking soda to one quart warm water.From Longman Business Dictionaryquartquart /kwɔːtkwɔːrt/ noun [countable]1British English a unit of measure for liquids and some dry goods such as grain or coffee, equal to 1.136 litres2American English a unit of measure for liquids and some dry goods, equal to 0.946 litresOrigin quart (1200-1300) Old French quarte, from quart “fourth”, from Latin quartus; → QUARTER1 