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.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
If the deal comes to fruition, Pershing would receive an annual fee, paid quarterly, of 1.5% of Howard Hughes’ equity market capitalization.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
Megan Poinski, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Any future fall off in subscriber growth will be hard to measure as Netflix stopped reporting quarterly subscriber numbers at the beginning of 2025 to focus on revenue and profit growth.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2025
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2025
The company generated record quarterly operating cash flows of $254 million in Q3 of 2024.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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Adverb
Requests are reviewed quarterly and evaluated alongside performance metrics to ensure fairness and alignment with company goals.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
If the deal comes to fruition, Pershing would receive an annual fee, paid quarterly, of 1.5% of Howard Hughes’ equity market capitalization.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
In its quarterly earnings report last week, Salesforce posted increases in revenue and sales, but missed consensus expectations.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Any future fall off in subscriber growth will be hard to measure as Netflix stopped reporting quarterly subscriber numbers at the beginning of 2025 to focus on revenue and profit growth.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
The original data was derived from the Wolverine Resources Corp Com quarterly 10-Q report dated February 7, 2025.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2025
The company generated record quarterly operating cash flows of $254 million in Q3 of 2024.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Quarterly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quarterly. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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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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