Qtrs.

See also: qtr and Qts.

English

From English term quarters, i.e. living quarters, by shortening.

Qtrs. (uncountable)

(US, military, in postal addresses) Abbreviation of quarters used when addressing mail.[1]
- 1989 August 18, “DODDS School Bus Routes -- Pacific”, in Colin Hale, editor, The Tropic Times, volume 2, number 29, Quarry Heights, Panama: United States Southern Command and Armed Forces Information Program, →OCLC, page 8, column 2:
  (see table below)

(newspaper *The Tropic Times* of August 18, 1989 preserved by the Panama Canal Museum and the George A. Smathers Libraries.)
Route	Location	Arr/Dep	Time
C4	Ft. Clayton Elementary School	Dep	1035
	Ft. Clayton, Qtrs. 900, 906, 919, 915	Arr	1041
	Ft. Clayton, Hospital Rd. Qtrs. 474	Arr	1043
UI2	Los Rios Elementary School	Dep	1335
	Curundu, Contractor Area Qtrs 2320	Arr	1408

Burt Vance, editor (2011), “Qtrs.”, in A Dictionary of Abbreviations, Oxford Reference, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC.

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