monthly

[muhnth-lee]

adjective

1. pertaining to a month, or to each month.

2. done, happening, appearing, etc., once a month.

   a monthly magazine.

3. computed or determined by the month.

   a monthly salary.

4. continuing or lasting for a month.

noun

plural

monthlies 

1. a periodical published once a month.

2. Informal.,  Sometimes monthlies. a menstrual period.

adverb

1. once a month; by the month.

monthly

/ ˈmʌnθlɪ /

adjective

1. occurring, done, appearing, payable, etc, once every month

2. lasting or valid for a month

   a monthly subscription

adverb

1. once a month

noun

1. a book, periodical, magazine, etc, published once a month

2. informal,  a menstrual period

Other Word Forms

• half-monthly adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of monthly¹

First recorded in 1525–35; month + -ly

Example Sentences

The monthly mortgage payment on an average $400,000 home is around $2,170, based on current rates and assuming the buyer has a $60,000, or a 15%, down payment.

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For decades, U.S. monthly nonfarm payrolls, the unemployment rate and average hourly earnings have been the Fed’s main measures of labor-market slack, wage pressure and the risk of inflation.

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The tool already has more than two billion monthly users, according to the company.

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In May, a First Brands affiliate stopped making monthly payments to Onset, which then demanded several hundred million dollars of late fees and payment increases.

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The unemployment rate, not the monthly payroll figures, are now a much better indicator of the health of the labor market, Cheremukhin said.

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Related Words

• account 
• almanac 
• annals 
• calendar 
• daily 
• diary 
• gazette 
• magazine 
• memoir 
• newspaper 
• note 
• paper 
• periodical 
• publication 
• review 
• tabloid 
• weekly