half-yearly
IPA: hˈæfjˈɪrɫi
adjective
- Of which there are two in a year; semiannual; biyearly.
adverb
- Twice in a year; semiannually.
Examples of "half-yearly" in Sentences
- The IMF is set to discuss the new distribution of power at its half-yearly meeting in Washington this weekend.
- We were having our half-yearly exams and I remember desperately memorizing something for a Sanskrit exam in the school bus.
- "We expect that rare earth market conditions could change quickly, and they remain an uncertainty for the foreseeable future," Grace said in the half-yearly report last month.
- The weaker data are unlikely to worry the Monetary Authority of Singapore, which tightened monetary policy at each of its last three half-yearly review meetings, analysts said.
- Redknapp's bullishness is somewhat at odds with the desire of the Spurs chairman, Daniel Levy, as stated in the club's most recent half-yearly accounts, to "streamline the squad where appropriate".
- The regulator said the issuer company shall test the frequency of trading of the IDRs on a half-yearly basis and redemption shall be completed within 30 days from the date of receipt of application.
- The Treasury said the core deficit—operating balance excluding gains and losses—for the period totaled 10.17 billion New Zealand dollars US$8.08 billion, 15% larger than the NZ$8.86 billion forecast in its half-yearly financial update.
- The fund's half-yearly Financial Stability Report said the three big ratings agencies – Moody's, Fitch, and Standard and Poor's – need to come clean over potential conflicts of interest and provide further clarity on how good they are at assessing risk.
- Southern Cross, the troubled social care provider, posted half-yearly results yesterday that have implications far beyond the pockets of its investors, or even the 31,000 residents of its 750 care homes, and the staff who work in them, for whom the future is alarmingly uncertain.
- In its half-yearly health check of the financial system, the IMF admitted that governments may not be able to withdraw their life-support for the banks as quickly as they hoped and called for a re-think in the way ratings agencies are used to assess the creditworthiness of government debt.