quarterly

Every three months

Quarterly means occurring or produced every three months—four times per year.

A quarterly report comes out each business quarter.

Quarterly earnings are announced four times annually.

As a noun, a quarterly is a publication issued four times a year: an academic quarterly.

The adverb means at three-month intervals: We meet quarterly to review progress.

calendar

annual

Occurring every year

yearly · biannual · semiannual · biweekly · bimonthly · fortnightly · triennial · biennial · quadrennial · perennial

periodical

magazine

Bound periodical with articles

edition · volume · subscription · review · newsletter · bulletin · digest · anthology · compendium · gazette

interval

trimester

Thirteen-week span

  • cycleRepeating sequence of events
  • periodPunctuation ending sentences
  • timeframeDesignated duration for something

schedule · cadence · frequency · recurring · regular · periodic · installment · phase · segment

finance

earnings

Money gained from work

forecast · report · filing · statement · results · guidance · performance · projections · estimates · targets

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frequency/periodicity

quarterlydaily

Per diem, repeated

continuously · weekly · monthly · annually · yearly

regularity

quarterlysporadic

Occurring irregularly, infrequently

irregular · one-time · occasional · intermittent · erratic

Phrases
Family

quarter, quarters, quartered, quartering, three-quarters, quarterfinal, quarterdeck, quarterfinals, quarterlies

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