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/kwˈɔrtərli/ /kˈɔrtərli/ Listen

adjective

Quarterly adj.

Containing, or consisting of, a fourth part; as, quarterly seasons.

Recurring during, or at the end of, each quarter; as, quarterly payments of rent; a quarterly meeting.

noun

Quarterly n. (pl. quarterlies) A periodical work published once a quarter, or four times in a year.

adverb

Quarterly adv.

By quarters; once in a quarter of a year; as, the returns are made quarterly.

(Her.) In quarters, or quarterings; as, to bear arms quarterly; in four or more parts; said of a shield thus divided by lines drawn through it at right angles.

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"Quarterly" Quotes from Famous Books

... of his regard,—"If ever I am where you may come, Tom, and you don't make my house your home, provided you have not a better of your own, I will never forgive you." He paused. "You young fellows sometimes spend faster than you should do, and quarterly bills are long of coming round. I have drawn for more money than I want. I wish you would—let me be your banker ...

— Tom Cringle's Log • Michael Scott

... that if I proved that figures would lie your consent would be forthcoming. I have proved to you that figures sometimes lie. I have not only your own admission, but your assertion to that effect, made public in the columns of a great quarterly. I know you to be a man of your word. I have come to talk about ...

— The Wolf's Long Howl • Stanley Waterloo

... has been drawn to a Query from Mr. KERSLEY, in page 439. of Vol. i., relative to the arms of Godin. I have seen these arms blazoned variously. Mr. Godin Shiffner bears them quarterly with his own coat of Shiffner, and blazons them thus:—Party per fess, azure and gules, a barr or; in chief, a dexter and sinister hand grasping ...

— Notes & Queries,No. 31., Saturday, June 1, 1850 • Various

... of my term," he answered, "I received from the Commissioner a thousand francs, sent to him quarterly for me in little sums which police regulations did not allow me to receive till the day I left the galleys. I think that Catherine alone would have thought of me, as it was not Monsieur Bonnet who sent this money; therefore I have kept it safely ...

— The Village Rector • Honore de Balzac

... novels have been presented to a young Templar with whom Robert Audley had been friendly in his bachelor days; and Mrs. Maloney has a little pension, paid her quarterly, for her care of ...

— Lady Audley's Secret • Mary Elizabeth Braddon

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