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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2024
Under the tax code, the interest rate for overpayments and underpayments is set quarterly.
—Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
The group, which includes more than 325 members, meets quarterly to network, donate, learn about local nonprofits and vote for the nonprofits who should receive funding.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
Florida must also ensure supply chain integrity, monitor and submit adverse event reports, comply with drug recall procedures, and report quarterly to the FDA.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2024
In general, the RSUs will vest quarterly over a three-year period, per Netflix’s filing.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023
However, Uber also reported its first-ever unadjusted profit and record quarterly free cash flow.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN, 27 Sep. 2023
Both parties have also outlined plans to set up a workplace committee that will meet quarterly to discuss salary matters, according to the commission.
—Michelle Toh, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
For more information, consider joining the trademark basics boot camp that the US Patent and Trademark Office hosts quarterly.
—Mecca Pryor, Essence, 15 Sep. 2023
Laura He, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
Disney’s stock jumped when analysts boosted their price targets after a strong quarterly earnings report in February.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
Despite its lackluster numbers in the first quarter, Tesla regained its lead in terms of quarterly vehicle deliveries from Chinese carmaker BYD, which had surpassed it for the first time at the end of last year.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
At the same time, though, Chinese electric-vehicle maker BYD overtook Tesla last year, selling more electric vehicles on a quarterly basis.
—Trisha Thadani, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
Allowances are sold at quarterly auctions and can be used immediately or saved for the future.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
Simplifying Security With Time-Saving Compliance Today’s CISOs and their teams routinely measure critical security KPIs, with 89% conducting assessments at least quarterly, according to our company’s report.
—Sivan Tehila, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The miscalculations began in 2022, when Fremont started receiving unusually high quarterly sales tax allocations from a California tax agency.
—Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
The rally grants Truth Social a valuation of more than $8 billion, even though the company has yet to turn a profit and generates quarterly revenue of barely $1 million.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2024
Liz Capo McCormick, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2023
The news was announced just weeks after official data showed foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country had hit a record quarterly low amid a slump in business confidence.
—Laura He, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
The quarterly, whose relaunch was announced Thursday, will resume publication with its full existing editorial team and produce its first new issue this August.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2023
In 1922, the Council on Foreign Relations launched Foreign Affairs after acquiring the future publication rights for an existing quarterly called the Journal of International Relations—which, until just a few years earlier, had been known as the Journal of Race Development.
—Zachariah Mampilly, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
Under Claman’s bill, Turo would impose the 10% vehicle-rental tax on the renter at the point of sale through its app or website, and the company would then remit tax revenue to the state quarterly.
—Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2023
Gross bookings grew 19% in 2022, and its mobility business reached an all-time quarterly high at the end of the year.
—Truebridge Capital, Forbes, 4 May 2023
His demanding prose style was forged in an era when small-circulation quarterlies still had some cachet.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2023
The British Property Federation estimates that the total March quarterly rent bill for U.K. retailers and leisure operators is about 2.5 billion pounds.
—Jack Sidders, Bloomberg.com, 13 May 2020
Adverb
That’s one higher than initial indications provided by the Fed’s dot plot (a chart updated quarterly projecting the interest rate’s short-term moves) but two lower than the Wall Street consensus of six cuts.
—Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2024
Under the tax code, the interest rate for overpayments and underpayments is set quarterly.
—Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
The group, which includes more than 325 members, meets quarterly to network, donate, learn about local nonprofits and vote for the nonprofits who should receive funding.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
Florida must also ensure supply chain integrity, monitor and submit adverse event reports, comply with drug recall procedures, and report quarterly to the FDA.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2024
In general, the RSUs will vest quarterly over a three-year period, per Netflix’s filing.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023
However, Uber also reported its first-ever unadjusted profit and record quarterly free cash flow.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN, 27 Sep. 2023
Both parties have also outlined plans to set up a workplace committee that will meet quarterly to discuss salary matters, according to the commission.
—Michelle Toh, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
For more information, consider joining the trademark basics boot camp that the US Patent and Trademark Office hosts quarterly.
—Mecca Pryor, Essence, 15 Sep. 2023
Adjective
In the first quarter alone, Alibaba spent $4.8 billion in buybacks, its second biggest quarterly repurchase in history.
—Laura He, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
Disney’s stock jumped when analysts boosted their price targets after a strong quarterly earnings report in February.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
Despite its lackluster numbers in the first quarter, Tesla regained its lead in terms of quarterly vehicle deliveries from Chinese carmaker BYD, which had surpassed it for the first time at the end of last year.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
At the same time, though, Chinese electric-vehicle maker BYD overtook Tesla last year, selling more electric vehicles on a quarterly basis.
—Trisha Thadani, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
Allowances are sold at quarterly auctions and can be used immediately or saved for the future.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
Simplifying Security With Time-Saving Compliance Today’s CISOs and their teams routinely measure critical security KPIs, with 89% conducting assessments at least quarterly, according to our company’s report.
—Sivan Tehila, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The miscalculations began in 2022, when Fremont started receiving unusually high quarterly sales tax allocations from a California tax agency.
—Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
The rally grants Truth Social a valuation of more than $8 billion, even though the company has yet to turn a profit and generates quarterly revenue of barely $1 million.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2024
Noun
Traders are already bracing for the Treasury to announce further increases to auction sizes at its next quarterly refunding on Nov. 1.
—Liz Capo McCormick, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2023
The news was announced just weeks after official data showed foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country had hit a record quarterly low amid a slump in business confidence.
—Laura He, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
The quarterly, whose relaunch was announced Thursday, will resume publication with its full existing editorial team and produce its first new issue this August.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2023
In 1922, the Council on Foreign Relations launched Foreign Affairs after acquiring the future publication rights for an existing quarterly called the Journal of International Relations—which, until just a few years earlier, had been known as the Journal of Race Development.
—Zachariah Mampilly, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
Under Claman’s bill, Turo would impose the 10% vehicle-rental tax on the renter at the point of sale through its app or website, and the company would then remit tax revenue to the state quarterly.
—Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2023
Gross bookings grew 19% in 2022, and its mobility business reached an all-time quarterly high at the end of the year.
—Truebridge Capital, Forbes, 4 May 2023
His demanding prose style was forged in an era when small-circulation quarterlies still had some cachet.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2023
The British Property Federation estimates that the total March quarterly rent bill for U.K. retailers and leisure operators is about 2.5 billion pounds.
—Jack Sidders, Bloomberg.com, 13 May 2020
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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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