1
: computed for or payable at 3-month intervals
a quarterly premium
2
: recurring, issued, or spaced at 3-month intervals
3
: divided into heraldic quarters or compartments
Examples of quarterly in a Sentence
Adjective
The company holds quarterly meetings.
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 23 Jan. 2025
Next meeting: Enhance La Jolla meets quarterly or as needed.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
Jordan Novet, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025
While announcing higher prices, Netflix also unveiled its largest quarterly subscriber gain ever, with 18.91 million people subscribing for a total of 301.63 million.
—Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025
Trefis Team, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The company added an all-time quarterly high of 18.9 million new subscribers in Q4, up from 13 million new subs a year earlier.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
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Adverb
The original data was derived from the Zeo Energy Corporation quarterly 10-Q report dated January 23, 2025.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 23 Jan. 2025
Next meeting: Enhance La Jolla meets quarterly or as needed.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Executives will discuss the quarterly results with analysts and issue guidance on a conference call starting at 5:30 p.m. ET.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025
While announcing higher prices, Netflix also unveiled its largest quarterly subscriber gain ever, with 18.91 million people subscribing for a total of 301.63 million.
—Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
The company generated record quarterly operating cash flows of $254 million in Q3 of 2024.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The company added an all-time quarterly high of 18.9 million new subscribers in Q4, up from 13 million new subs a year earlier.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Quarterly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quarterly. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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quarterly
1 of 3 adverb
quar·ter·ly
ˈkwȯ(r)t-ər-lē 
: four times a year
interest compounded quarterly
quarterly
2 of 3 adjective
: coming or happening every three months
quarterly premium
quarterly meeting
quarterly
3 of 3 noun
plural quarterlies
: a magazine published four times a year
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