Difference between quarterly and quarterage

Definitions

adjective

1. of or relating to or consisting of a quarter

adverb

1. in diagonally opposed quarters of an escutcheon
2. in three month intervals

noun

1. a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year)

Examples

The RV maker last month posted its third-straight quarterly profit, topping Wall Street forecasts, as motor home deliveries rose.

Investments that rely on the misfortune of others or the good will of sharks are a losing proposition in the long term, whatever the quarterly earnings report says.

The publication, whose Arabic name loosely translates as "Concerning," was launched as a quarterly magazine in early 2008 by members of the Lebanese lesbian group Meem and was billed as the Arab world's first publication for lesbian and bisexual women.

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