- time - Difference between per month and monthly - English Language . . .
Monthly (or weekly, quarterly, etc ) can in such contexts mean the same as per month, but it can also mean that the payments themselves are made once a month (or week, quarter, etc ) Monthly fee , for example, will likely be understood in the first way, and monthly pay cheque in the latter, while the OP's 'I've to pay $100 monthly' is
- word choice - What is the collective term for Daily, Weekly . . .
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- single word requests - Annual is to yearly as _____ is to monthly . . .
Monthly is also Germanic, but the Latin word for monthly is mensual (source also of menstrual), and that's just not a common word in English, so there's no reason to use it except to show off one's vocabulary –
- time - Whats the Best English word for 6 months in this group: daily . . .
Thanks jwpat7, the fact is I'd vote up your answer One word appearing in two different questions don't make it duplicates While one question could be about what does bi- stand for, my question is what better one word is there for 6 months like daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly My guess it there might be one that I don't know of
- grammaticality - Monthly and annual as descriptors - English . . .
Per The American Heritage Dictionary, 4th edition, monthly is defined as: adj 1 Occurring, appearing, or coming due every month: a monthly meeting; monthly rent payments It is grammatically correct to use monthly as you suggested: This is a monthly service (As others have mentioned, monthly is also an adverb meaning once a month; every
- Whats the generic word for weekly monthly etc. service?
There's nothing wrong with using weekly, monthly, daily or using once a [week month day] For example using: To get booked into a daily service We provide daily services Services provided daily Or: To get booked into a service once a week We provide services once a week
- How do you say three times a month in one word?
Trimonthly is, in fact, already in several dictionaries Problem is, unlike its counterparts bimonthly and biweekly, trimonthly is only defined as occurring every three months, sans a secondary three-times-a-month meaning
- word choice - What differences are there between annually, yearly . . .
I've always thought that (as stated in the Longman Dictionary): annually = once every year yearly = once each year and that neither can really replace "every year" as both words are limited by the
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