quarterly

quarterly is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Recurring during, or at the end of, each quarter; as, quarterly payments of rent; a quarterly meeting.
  2. 2.A periodical work published once a quarter, or four times in a year.
  3. 3.By quarters; once in a quarter of a year; as, the returns are made quarterly.
  4. 4.(Her.) In quarters, or quarterings; as, to bear arms quarterly; in four or more parts; -- said of a shield thus divided by lines drawn through it at right angles.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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