Half-yearly definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Half-yearly means happening twice a year, with six months between each event. [British] ...half-yearly payments. COBUILD Advanced ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Video LearnEnglish Videopronunciations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'half-yearly'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× half-yearly regionalnote: inAM,usesemiannual1. adjective[ADJECTIVEnoun] Half-yearlymeanshappeninginthemiddleofacalendaryearorafinancialyear. [British]Thisisthehalf-yearlymeetingoftheinterimcommittee. ...theCentralBank'shalf-yearlyreportonthestateoftheeconomy. 2. adjective[ADJECTIVEnoun] Acompany'shalf-yearlyprofitsaretheprofitsthatitmakesinsixmonths. [British]Thecompanyannouncedahalf-yearlyprofitofjust£2million. 3. adjective[usuallyADJECTIVEnoun] Half-yearlymeanshappeningtwiceayear,withsixmonthsbetweeneachevent. [British]...half-yearlypayments. COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'half-yearly' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'fellwalker' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency half-yearlyinBritishEnglish (ˌhɑːfˈjɪəlɪ ) adjective1. happeninginthemiddleofacalendaryearorafinancialyear Thisisthehalf-yearlymeetingoftheinterimcommittee. theCentralBank'shalf-yearlyreportonthestateoftheeconomy 2. business (ofacompany'sprofits)madeinsixmonths Thecompanyannouncedahalf-yearlyprofitofjust£2million. Theirhalf-yearlyresultswerepublishedyesterday. 3. happeningtwiceayear,withsixmonthsbetweeneachevent half-yearlypayments adverb4. twiceayear Thebankpaysinteresthalf-yearly. 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Wewelcomefeedback:reportanexamplesentencetotheCollinsteam.Readmore… Theoverdraftarrangementshadbeengenerousbecauseoftheregularityofthehalf-yearlypayments.Innes,HammondHIGHSTANDInstead,theywereroutedthroughaSwissbank,paymentbeingmadehalf-yearlythroughtheirLondonoffice.Innes,HammondHIGHSTANDApparentlytheyreceivedtheprofitsoftheminehalf-yearly.Innes,HammondHIGHSTANDHouseswereusuallyleasedfortheyear,butalsoforlongerterms,rentbeingpaidinadvance,half-yearly.RetrievedfromWikipediaCCBY-SA3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.SourceURL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_lawBothhalf-yearlyandyearlyhaveaweightageof100marksforeachsubject.RetrievedfromWikipediaCCBY-SA3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.SourceURL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawahar_Navodaya_Vidyalaya,_MandaphiaItalsoissuesbuspassesforhalf-yearly,quarterlyandmonthlybasis.RetrievedfromWikipediaCCBY-SA3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.SourceURL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilshad_ColonySimilarly,manyoftheearlywindowswereblockeduptoavoidpayingthehalf-yearlywindowtaxof3shillings.RetrievedfromWikipediaCCBY-SA3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.SourceURL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_Farm,_Pembrey Trendsof half-yearly Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Browsealphabetically half-yearly half-wit half-witted half-year half-yearly halfa halfback halfbeak AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'H' Source Definitionofhalf-yearlyfromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. 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