Bi-monthly has an ambiguity to it, it can mean 'twice a month' or 'every two months'. Where as semi-monthly means only 'twice a month'.
Semi-Monthly means twice per month. Bi-weekly means every two weeks. A Semi-Monthly cycle occurs 24 times per year. A Bi-Weekly cycle occurs 26 times per year.
24 Semi-Monthly means twice per month. 12 months in a year times twice a month = 24
bi monthly is once every two months.
Bi-monthly means you are paid twice every month, notice the prefix bi which means two. Since there are 12 months in a year, a person being paid bimonthly would have 24 pay periods in a year (12 X 2 = 24)
bi-monthly
bi-monthly.
Bimonthly is a term meaning 'twice per month'.
A bi-monthly magazine publishes every two months, not twice a month. A magazine that appears twice a month is considered a semi-monthly publication.
Bi-monthly has an ambiguity to it, it can mean 'twice a month' or 'every two months'. Where as semi-monthly means only 'twice a month'.
Paid twice a month (24 pay periods a year)
Something that occurs TWICE a month is called SEMI monthly (semi=half) and something that occurs every TWO months is called BI-Monthly (BI=TWO)
No! bi-monthly means every two months, like bi-weekly means every two weeks. semi-monthly means twice a month. Think of mortgage payments or payroll, bi-weekly payroll means one receives payroll every second week (i.e. every second Friday). Semi-monthly payroll means twice a month (typically the 1st and 15th of the month).
Bi-monthly means every two months. (Semi-monthly means twice a month). There may be cases where these terms are misused, so be careful.
Monthly doesn't have a prefix. You add the prefix bi- to it to make the word bi-monthly.
Do you mean bi-monthly? In which case, this would be referring to something that happens twice a month, usually once every two weeks.
Bimonthly refers to something occurring every two months or twice a month, depending on the context in which it is used. It can mean once every two months or twice a month.