semi-monthly vs bimonthly definitions
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semi-monthly:
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occurring or published twice a month.
bi-monthly:
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done, produced, or occurring twice a month or every two months.
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Assuming bi- can be two or twice, bimonthly can be every two months or twice a month, which is a bit confusing and can lead to a big difference in meaning. ... Semimonthly, however, is always twice a month.
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semi-monthly:
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occurring or published twice a month.
bi-monthly:
Quote:
done, produced, or occurring twice a month or every two months.
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Assuming bi- can be two or twice, bimonthly can be every two months or twice a month, which is a bit confusing and can lead to a big difference in meaning. ... Semimonthly, however, is always twice a month.
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semi-monthly:
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occurring or published twice a month.
bi-monthly:
Quote:
done, produced, or occurring twice a month or every two months.
Quote:
Assuming bi- can be two or twice, bimonthly can be every two months or twice a month, which is a bit confusing and can lead to a big difference in meaning. ... Semimonthly, however, is always twice a month.
:sigh:
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semi-monthly:
Quote:
occurring or published twice a month.
bi-monthly:
Quote:
done, produced, or occurring twice a month or every two months.
Quote:
Assuming bi- can be two or twice, bimonthly can be every two months or twice a month, which is a bit confusing and can lead to a big difference in meaning. ... Semimonthly, however, is always twice a month.
:sigh:
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Client-Side Type-Based Publisher/Subscriber, Exploring Synchronous, "Event-ed", and Worker Thread SubscriptionsI always understood semi- to mean half (e.g. _semi_major), and bi- to mean two (e.g. _bi_cycle) The use of bi- to mean half may refer to a doubling of the frequency, but is more likely to be due to people using words they don't properly understand.
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semi-monthly:
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occurring or published twice a month.
bi-monthly:
Quote:
done, produced, or occurring twice a month or every two months.
Quote:
Assuming bi- can be two or twice, bimonthly can be every two months or twice a month, which is a bit confusing and can lead to a big difference in meaning. ... Semimonthly, however, is always twice a month.
:sigh:
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Client-Side Type-Based Publisher/Subscriber, Exploring Synchronous, "Event-ed", and Worker Thread SubscriptionsI've never come across semi monthly, although semi annual is very commonly used in financial circles.
Cheers, Vikram.
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semi-monthly:
Quote:
occurring or published twice a month.
bi-monthly:
Quote:
done, produced, or occurring twice a month or every two months.
Quote:
Assuming bi- can be two or twice, bimonthly can be every two months or twice a month, which is a bit confusing and can lead to a big difference in meaning. ... Semimonthly, however, is always twice a month.
:sigh:
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Client-Side Type-Based Publisher/Subscriber, Exploring Synchronous, "Event-ed", and Worker Thread SubscriptionsAlso, biannual which can and most commonly is used to mean twice a year, may also be used to mean every two years, though for the latter it's often sensible to use biennial to avoid confusion.
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semi-monthly:
Quote:
occurring or published twice a month.
bi-monthly:
Quote:
done, produced, or occurring twice a month or every two months.
Quote:
Assuming bi- can be two or twice, bimonthly can be every two months or twice a month, which is a bit confusing and can lead to a big difference in meaning. ... Semimonthly, however, is always twice a month.
:sigh:
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Client-Side Type-Based Publisher/Subscriber, Exploring Synchronous, "Event-ed", and Worker Thread SubscriptionsBi-monthly, bi-weekly, bi-annually - I'll never understand why words with such ambiguities are in-use!
When I worked at a banking processing center and they were pushing for "bi-monthly billing" as a feature - half the staff had one definition in mind, and the other had another!
Any attempt to have them adopt less ambiguous speech like "twice-monthly billing" or "two-week-billing" was shown with disdain. Don't be optimistic about explaining why wording is important to any higher-ups in the financial industry. They already had the marketing stuff all printed up and didn't want to be seen as troublemakers.
