You are right!

I don't believe there's any way to get around your original idea of "four-month period." We don't talk about "thirds" of a year - as "in the second third of the year." Quadrimester may be understood outside the US, I suppose. Check with British sources, unless your target audience is in the US

context, context, context...

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given the context you\'ve added, I \"for the first four months of the year\" is the way to go.

.....in the first quarter of 2004.

quadrimestre
s.m. (1881 cf. CA1) espaço de tempo de quatro meses; quatrimestre ¤ etim lat. quadriméstris,e 'id.'; ver quatr- e 2mens-
Dicionário Houaiss

Kindersley School Division STAR Program
We are on the block system (quartermester) offering grades 10, 11, and 12 subjects,
modified and regular. - 12 students November 2002 ...
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Theory of Computation---Preface
In a quartermester system a restricted version of this coverage could be given. However, it is probably better to concentrate in depth on either finite ...
www.cs.ust.hk/faculty/dwood/.toc/preface.html

this must have been taken from the English, because Latin languages usually talk about trimestres of which there are four..English talks about quarters of which there are four...to say the same thing..here it looks it was taken from English

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for colleges that use this, they say quarters also

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Expert:Jake Lanier
Date:12/8/2000
Subject:Semesters vs. Quarters

Question
I have a question regarding the different ways colleges divide up the year -- some do semesters and some do quarters. I get the basic differences; quarters are supposedly harder, and the colleges that are on them usually go back to school later after summer break. But I don\'t get something: I was told that the people on the quarter system go through three different sets of classes (3 quarters, not counting summer), while people on the semester only go through two different sets of classes (because semesters last longer). This doesn\'t make sense to me. How can people at some schools take so many classes, while others only take 2/3 that amount? What have I heard wrong? I\'ve been trying to get an answer to this question, but I haven\'t gotten a clear explanation yet. Thanks, Kristin

Answer
Kristin,
****Colleges that do the quarter system end up taking the same amount of classes as colleges with semesters.*** People at semester colleges take more classes in one semester than those in quarters take in one quarter. At the end of the school term, it pretty much equals out. I hope that answers your question and if you have any others, don\'t hesitate to ask.
Jake


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For finance and business= quarter,,in the first quarter 2004

AKA Q1 2004...is also used

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Please noteL primeiro quadrimester is the First Quarter..there are four in a year
Jan-March
April=June
July-Sept
Oct-Dec..These are the four business Quarters

Now, you Could HAve a period of Four MOnths that does not co-incide these business quarters..for example,

Feb, March, April and May..a four-month period..yes,//but in your example, they are referring to the year\'s first quarter, or January through March


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If they Mean the first four months of the year..which they could mean - then they should have said: os premeiros quatro meses do ano..cheers