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quarterly

Syllabification: (quar·ter·ly)
Pronunciation: /ˈkwôrtərlē/

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Definition of quarterly

adjective

  • 1 [attributive] done, produced, or occurring once every quarter of a year:a quarterly newsletter is distributed to members
  • 2 Heraldry (of a shield or charge) divided into four (or occasionally more) subdivisions by vertical and horizontal lines.

adverb

  • 1once every quarter of a year:interest is paid quarterly
  • 2 Heraldry in the four, or in two diagonally opposite, quarters of a shield.
    [on the pattern of Old French quartile]

noun (plural quarterlies)

  • a magazine or journal that is published four times a year.

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