Definition of Semiannually

1. Adverb. Twice a year.

Exact synonyms: Biyearly
Partainyms: Biyearly, Semiannual

Definition of Semiannually

1. adv. Every half year.

Definition of Semiannually

1. Adverb. In a semiannual manner, twice yearly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Semiannually

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Semiannually

semiacidified
semiadherent
semialdehyde
semialgebraic
semialgebras
semiallogeneic
semiamplexicaul
semiamplitude
semiamusing
semianalytic
semianalytical
semiangle
semiangles
semianimate
semiannual
semiannually (current term)
semiannular
semiapologetic
semiapologetically
semiaquatic
semiarboreal
semiarid
semiaridities
semiaridity
semiattached
semiautobiographical
semiautobiographically
semiautomate
semiautomated
semiautomates

Literary usage of Semiannually

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1916)
"The agent had no authority to make the interest collectable semiannually, or to make the principal collectable at the end of six months, at the option of ..."

2. Growth During School Age: Its Application to Education by Paul Godin (1920)
"—Almost the whole of puberal phenomena escapes him who does not repeat semiannually his observations on the same subject.—What is puberty? Definition. ..."

3. Origin and Government of the District of Columbia by William Tindall (1903)
"00 Scales, railroad, large (each ton over 10) 25 Scales, spring balance, "quarterly," January 1 to July 1, 1903 15 Spring balance, semiannually after July 1 ..."

4. Mathematics of Finance by Henry Lewis Rietz, Arthur Robert Crathorne, J. Charles Rietz (1921)
"15, 1920, to yield an investor 5J^ per cent convertible semiannually. ... The Fourth Liberty Loan bonds bear 4J-£ per cent coupons payable semiannually. ..."

5. Junior High School Mathematics by Theodore Lindquist (1920)
"The interest is said to be compounded semiannually. 5. ... Show that at 4 % interest compounded semiannually $ 100 in 5 yr. will amount to $ 100(1.02)10. ..."

6. Higher Arithmetic by George Wentworth, David Eugene Smith (1919)
"The bank pays 4% per annum, compounded semiannually. ... The government bonds pay simple interest semiannually, and the interest must be reinvested in order ..."

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