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quarterly

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1. quarterly - Noun

2. quarterly - Adjective

3. quarterly - Adverb

Meaning

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.

A periodical work published once a quarter, or four times in a year.

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

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Farms and ranches contend with much more than quarterly reports and profit margins - the weather can wreak havoc on their quality of life and economic viability. When natural disasters strike, we must do all we can to assist the backbone of our economy. Ruben Hinojosa

Business chief executive officers and their boards succumb to the pressures of the financial markets and their fears of takeovers and pour out their energies to produce quarterly earnings - at the expense of building their companies for the long term. J. Irwin Miller

Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index. Natalie Merchant

In a world where companies increasingly know about their business in real time, it makes no sense that public reporting mostly follows the old quarterly schedule. Companies sit on vital information until reporting day, at which point the market goes crazy. James Surowiecki

He was a gentleman who was generally spoken of as having nothing a-year, paid quarterly. Robert Smith Surtees

The New York Quarterly is an amazing, intelligent, crazy, creative, strange, and indispensable magazine. James Dickey

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