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Bi-weekly is ambiguous, and can either mean twice a week, or once every two weeks.

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What is a biweekly?

A periodical that appears every two weeks or twice a week.


How can you use biweekly in a sentence?

Biweekly means 'twice a week', so and example might be, "They visited each other biweekly."


Is biweekly twice per week or every two weeks?

It is used for both senses, but the proper meaning is twice a week.


What is the base word and meaning for biweekly?

The base word for biweekly is week. The prefix is bi and the suffix is ly. With the prefix and suffix added the base word, it means twice a week or every two weeks, since bi means two.


Biweekly equals how many times a year?

There are 52 weeks in a year, so twice a week (biweekly) would be twice that number, or 104 times. I think you get paid 26 times when you get paid bi-weekly.


How many biweekly are in the year 2016?

Biweekly is an ambiguous term : it can mean once every two weeks or twice a week! Consequently there are 26 biweeklies in 2016 or 104 of them.


What is a word for an event happens twice a week starting with -bi or -di?

Bi-weekly means twice a week. A bi-weely event happens twice a week.


Does the word biweekly need to be hyphenated?

No, biweekly is not hyphenated. It is worth mentioning that this term can be ambiguous: some people will think it means every two weeks, and others will think it means twice a week. You might want to consider using a term that is clearer: for example you can say "twice weekly" or "semiweekly" to mean twice a week, and "every other week" to mean "every two weeks".


What is the difference between biweekly and bimonthly?

Biweekly occurs every other week (e.g., every two weeks). Bimonthly occurs two times a month. Essentially it is the same thing, but there is a fine difference.


If you make 38000 a year how much is that biweekly?

If you get paid biweekly, you get paid every other week, sooo, $38,000/26 or $1,461.54 biweekly.


How do you use biweekly in a sentence?

The company will prepare biweekly reports so the CEO can see financial basis on a regular basis. Biweekly means every other week.


What is a word for an event that happens twice a month?

If something happens twice a month it is called biweekly because it happens every other week and a month has 4 weeks. there is also bimonthly which is every other month but not really a direct word for something that happens twice a month.