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biennium

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[bahy-en-ee-uhm] / baɪˈɛn i əm /

noun

  • bienniums,
    plural
  • biennia
    plural
  1. a period of two years.


Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of biennium

1895–1900; < Latin, equivalent to bi- bi- 1 + -enn- (combining form of annus year) + -ium -ium


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Hernandez said the letter ignores that lawmakers have set aside funds to air condition Texas prisons, including $85 million allocated for the upcoming biennium.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2023

The revised version is estimated to cost the state $1.6 million in the current biennium and $2.37 million in 2025-2027.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2023

It is expected to reduce state revenues by $340,000 in the 2025-2027 biennium, and $9.3 million from 2027-2029.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2023

The Legislature allocates funding based on the projected need from year to year, around half a billion for the 2021-2023 biennium.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2023

The Archives of the Virginia House of Delegates show that Thomas Moss was a Delegate from Fairfax County for the 1828-1829 biennium.

From Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia by Nan Netherton

It is imperative that lawmakers’ next budget, as well as those in future biennia, transparently and adequately address the true costs of providing a high-quality education for every child in Washington.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2024

These changes could be done incrementally over the next three biennia so that full-time faculty overtime is eliminated statewide by 2025.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2019

Oregon just got out of one budgetary crisis and is looking at additional crises for the next few biennia, as spending, driven by pension and health care costs, far outpaces the state’s record revenue growth.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 20, 2018

Health care and pension contributions are only slated to soar in future biennia.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 5, 2017

This included proposing that two prison - Shutter Creek Correctional Institution in North Bend and Warner Creek Correctional Facility in Lakeview - close over the next two bienniums.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 7, 2020

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