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Half-yearly
see synonyms of half-yearlyAdjective
Adverb
2. half-yearly
every half year, every six months
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Half-yearly
see synonyms of half-yearlyadjective
1.
happening in the middle of a calendar year or a financial year
This is the half-yearly meeting of the interim committee.
the Central Bank's half-yearly report on the state of the economy
2. business
(of a company's profits) made in six months
The company announced a half-yearly profit of just £2 million.
Their half-yearly results were published yesterday.
3.
happening twice a year, with six months between each event
half-yearly payments
adverb
4.
twice a year
The bank pays interest half-yearly.
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