Definition of Semimonthly

1. Noun. A periodical that is published twice each month (or 24 issues per year).

Generic synonyms: Serial, Serial Publication, Series

2. Adjective. Occurring twice a month. "A semimonthly publication"
Exact synonyms: Bimonthly
Similar to: Periodic, Periodical

3. Adverb. Twice a month. "Salaries are paid semimonthly"
Exact synonyms: Bimonthly
Partainyms: Bimonthly

Definition of Semimonthly

1. a. Coming or made twice in a month; as, semimonthly magazine; a semimonthly payment.

Definition of Semimonthly

1. Adjective. Occurring twice a month or at half month intervals. ¹

2. Adverb. In a manner occurring twice a month or at half month intervals. ¹

3. Noun. Something done or made every half month, especially a periodical. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Semimonthly

1. [n -LIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Semimonthly

semimatte
semimembranosus
semimembranosus reflex
semimembranous
semimetal
semimetallic
semimetallicity
semimetals
semimicro
semimild
semiminor
semiminor axis
semimoist
semimonastic
semimonthlies
semimonthly (current term)
semimute
semimutes
semimystical
semimythic
semimythical
semimythological
seminaked

Literary usage of Semimonthly

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

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"Its periodicals are: the Kirchenzeitung, monthly at Cincinnati and weekly at Pittsburg; the Christliche Jugendfreund, a. weekly and semimonthly paper for ..."

2. Ancient Egyptian Science: A Source Book by Marshall Clagett (1989)
"... the Daylight and of the Nighttime at semimonthly Intervals, ie, on the First and Fifteenth of each Month. The stone fragments of this plaque (see Fig. ..."

3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"... within the meaning of Act May 20, 1891, requiring the semimonthly payment of wages to employés engaged in the business of manufacturing. Commonwealth v. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Good Roads Institute, Held at the University of North by University of North Carolina (1793-1962) (1913)
"semimonthly CLEAN-UP. "Clean-ups are made twice per month, during which the small quantity of short zinc is treated with sulphuric acid, this procedure ..."

5. Postal Salaries: Hearings, Sixty-sixth Congress, First [second] Session by United States, Congress, Joint Commission on Postal Salaries (1920)
"Finance report semimonthly to Third Assistant Postmaster General; statement of postal receipts monthly to Th'ird Assistant Postmaster General; ..."

6. Kansas Labor Laws and Laws Especially Affecting the Employment of Labor by Kansas, Richard Edgar McIntosh, Kansas State Dept. of Labor and Industry (1918)
"semimonthly Payment by Corporation.* §542. Corporations shall pay wages of me- chanics, laborers, etc., as often as twice each month ; not apply to state or ..."

7. The Compiled Labor Laws of the State of Nevada: 1919 by Nevada, Robert F. Cole (1919)
"... Article 2—Discounting of Time Checks by Employer Prohibited Article 3—False Representation Regarding Funds to Pay Wages Article 4—semimonthly Payment of ..."

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