different between quarterly vs tabloid

English

Etymology

quarter +? -ly

Adjective

quarterly (not comparable)

1. Occurring once every quarter year (three months).

   quarterly rent payments

2. (heraldry) (of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise.

   The arms of Hohenzollern is quarterly argent and sable.

Translations

Adverb

quarterly (not comparable)

1. Once every quarter year (three months).

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Noun

quarterly (plural quarterlies)

1. A periodical publication that appears four times per year.

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English

Etymology

From a trademark for a medicine compressed into a tablet. See -oid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæbl??d/

Noun

tabloid (plural tabloids)

1. (publishing) A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of the standard format.
2. (publishing) A newspaper, especially one in this format, that favours stories of a sensational or even fictitious nature over serious news.
3. (medicine, dated) A compressed portion of drugs, chemicals, etc.; a tablet.
   • 1911, Rudyard Kipling, “In the Same Boat”:

Synonyms

• scandal sheet, tab (colloquial), yellow press

Antonyms

• broadsheet

Translations

Adjective

tabloid (not comparable)

1. In the format of a tabloid.
2. Relating to a tabloid or tabloids.

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See also

• compact
• quality newspaper

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English tabloid.

Noun

tabloid m (invariable)

1. tabloid

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English tabloid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tab?l?.it/

Noun

tabloid m inan

1. tabloid

Declension

Synonyms

• brukowiec, szmat?awiec