Half-year

Alternative forms

• halfyear, half year

Origin

From - + year.

Full definition of half-year

Noun

1. The period of time equal to half a year.
• 1906, The Investor's Monthly Manual - Volume 36 - Page 381:The report for the half-year ended December 31st states that the gross earnings of the half-year are Rs.8,72,854 less, the working expenses Rs.1o,41,28o more, and the net earnings Rs.19,14,134 less than those of the corresponding halfyear of 1904.

Derived terms

• half-yearly