biweekly

[bahy-week-lee]

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adjective

occurring every two weeks.

occurring twice a week; semiweekly.

noun, plural bi·week·lies.

a periodical issued every other week.

adverb

every two weeks.

twice a week.

Origin of biweekly

First recorded in 1880–85; bi-¹ + weekly

Can be confusedbimonthly biweekly semimonthly (see usage note at bi-¹)biweekly semiweekly (see usage note at bi-¹)

Usage note

See bi-¹.

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Related Words for bi-weekly

pamphlet, booklet, journal, manual, daily, brochure, paper, periodical, newspaper, newsletter, weekly, tabloid, magazine, community, press, fortnightly, rag, sheet, organ, review

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Contemporary Examples of bi-weekly

For a person making $50,000, that cut meant an extra $1,000 in income, or about $40 for every bi-weekly paycheck.
Why Walmart Will Be Hurt by the Fiscal Cliff
Daniel Gross
December 14, 2012
Robert J. Samuelson has written a bi-weekly column for Newsweek since 1984.
How Obama's State of the Union Muddied the Budget Debate
Robert J. Samuelson
January 26, 2011

Historical Examples of bi-weekly

An' Ben Watson asked could he have a copy to put in the Bi-weekly.
The Best Short Stories of 1917
Various
A bi-weekly service for both passengers and mails was at once planned.
Opportunities in Aviation
Arthur Sweetser
At first they were weekly, then bi-weekly, and finally daily.
Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo
Louis Guimbaud
Published bi-weekly by some syndicats of the building-trades.
Syndicalism in France
Louis Levine
This is the first issue of the Norwich Mercury as a bi-weekly newspaper.
Yarmouth Notes
Frederick Danby Palmer

British Dictionary definitions for bi-weekly

biweekly

adjective, adverb

every two weeks

(often avoided because of confusion with sense 1) twice a week; semiweeklySee bi- 1

noun plural -lies

a periodical published every two weeks

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Word Origin and History for bi-weekly

biweekly

adj.

also bi-weekly, 1865, from bi- + weekly. The sense "twice a week" is the first attested, but that of "every two weeks" is equally implied.