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Similar case in point: "bimonthly" means "twice a month." That makes sense.

But the definition for "bi-weekly" does not make sense.

What do you think?

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[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

The banks use “biweekly” and “semiweekly” to avoid this exact kind of ambiguity. Biweekly would be twice a week, while semiweekly would be every other week.

It comes up in banking a lot because of payroll. If you get paid every other week, you get paid semiweekly. But if you get paid on the 1st and 15th of every month, you get paid bimonthly.

[–] totallynotarobot 5 points 1 year ago

That's insane I would understand both of those terms to mean the exact opposite of what you described.

Also who gets paid twice a week and how do I arrange for that.

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