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quarterly

quarterly

56 3.0
Happens every three months
  • adjective
  • /ˈkwɔrtərli/
translation icon : trimestral
  • The company publishes its financial results on a quarterly basis, so investors can stay informed.
  • a quarterly report
  • quarterly earnings
  • on a quarterly basis

Some people look at it monthly, some people quarterly, some people daily, some people weekly.

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Examples

  • We all have quarterly goals, annual goals, three-year goals, and five year goals.

  • The quarterly statements will be sent to this mail drop every three months... along with our percent of profits.

  • The New York City quarterly social service report.

  • The oil industry cannot open and close oil fields on a quarterly basis.

  • Have the quarterly reports on my desk by Friday.

  • Did you bring a quarterly earnings report?

  • Should the index be released on an annual, quarterly, or monthly basis?

    Academic text (1994)
  • When you go public, the SEC is on your back and you say you now have to file those quarterly balance sheets.

  • The environmental survey should be distributed quarterly by the IAQ manager.

    Academic text (1997)
  • We check our quarterly reports and see if it's a short-term or long-term play.

Synonyms

every quarter
vsquarterly
7 1.3

Happens every three months

is the single-word adjective used to describe occurrences every three months

Compounds

quarterly dividend
  • Specialized
1 4.6

A payment a company makes to people who own its shares every three months

How Often

daily
1.0
weekly
323 1.0
monthly
246 1.0
quarterly
56 3.0
yearly
75 1.0

Surface Forms

quarterly positive

Morphology

quarterly = quarter (transparent) = quarter + ly

Formed regularly from the noun 'quarter' (a three-month period) + the productive suffix '-ly' to mean 'occurring every three months'.

Etymology

Quarterly comes from quarter, which means 'one of four'. So something quarterly happens every 'one of four' parts of the year, that is, every three months.