Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - half-yearly

1. Half-yearly means happening in the middle of a calendar year or a financial year. (BRIT; in AM, use semiannual) ...the Central Bank’s half-yearly report on the state of the economy. ADJ: ADJ n 2. A company’s half-yearly profits are the profits that it makes in six months. (BRIT; in AM, use semiannual) The company announced a half-yearly profit of just ?2 million. ADJ: ADJ n 3. Half-yearly means happening twice a year, with six months between each event. (BRIT; in AM, use semiannual) ...half-yearly payments. ADJ: usu ADJ n