half-month
Fifteen days roughly
A half-month is a period of roughly two weeks, typically either the first or second half of a calendar month.
The term appears most often in payroll contexts, where employees paid semimonthly receive wages twice per month: She gets paid at the end of each half-month.
Compensation for labor
- paydayScheduled compensation date
- biweeklyEvery two weeks
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- wagesPayment for work
pay period · direct deposit · withholding · deductions · earnings · compensation · income · stipend
Halfway through calendar cycle
- biweeklyEvery two weeks
- fortnightFourteen-day span
- two weeksFourteen consecutive days
- intervalDuration between two points
recurring · periodic · schedule · date range · midpoint · split · division · segment
Fourteen-day span
- waxingCoating for shine
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
- crescentCurved sickle-like arc
- gibbousConvexly swollen shape
first quarter · last quarter · moonlight · tides · lunar cycle · phases · synodic · neap tide
Timekeeping by moon phases
- Hindu calendarTraditional Indian timekeeping system
- Chinese calendarLunisolar dating system from Asia
paycheck
Compensation for labor
wages · pay period · direct deposit · withholding · deductions · earnings · compensation · income · stipend · net pay
midmonth
Halfway through calendar cycle
interval · recurring · periodic · schedule · date range · midpoint · split · division · segment · interim
fortnight
Fourteen-day span
gibbous · first quarter · last quarter · moonlight · tides · lunar cycle · phases · synodic · neap tide · spring tide
lunar calendar
Timekeeping by moon phases
- Hindu calendarTraditional Indian timekeeping system
- Chinese calendarLunisolar dating system from Asia