What is the meaning of FORTNIGHT. Phrases containing FORTNIGHT
See meanings and uses of FORTNIGHT!Slangs & AI meanings
Two weeks. Comes from an abbreviation of "fourteen nights". Hence terms like "I'm off for a fortnights holiday" meaning "I am going on a two week vacation".
Fourteen days, a period of two weeks
- Two weeks. Comes from an abbreviation of "fourteen nights". Hence terms like "I'm off for a fortnights holiday" meaning "I am going on a two week vacation".
n two weeks (from “fourteen nights”). This word is in very common usage in the U.K. As to why the Brits need a term for a time period which the Americans have never felt the urge to name, perhaps it stems from the fact that Americans get so little annual leave that they can never really take a fortnight of holiday anyway.
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n.
The last fortnight of Lent.
adv.
Once in a fortnight; at intervals of a fortnight.
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Occurring or appearing once in a fortnight; as, a fortnightly meeting of a club; a fortnightly magazine, or other publication.
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Occurring or appearing once every two weeks; fortnightly.
n.
The space of fourteen days; two weeks.
n.
The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the next fortnightly settlement day.
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