half yearn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌhɑːf ˈjɪə/,

/ˌhɑːf ˈjəː/, U.S.

/ˌhæf ˈjɪ(ə)r/,

/ˈhæf ˌjɪ(ə)r/

Forms: see half adj. and year n.; also Scottish pre-1700 halȝar, pre-1700 halyar.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., year n.

Etymology: < half adj. + year n.In Old English the first element is treated as a normal adjective inflected for case and number (but regularly uninflected in the neuter accusative singular).

A. n.

1. A half of a year; a period of six months. Esp. with reference to financial transactions and reckonings (cf. quarter n. 2b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > [noun] > half or quarter year

quarter1389

raitha1400

Q1976

half-year-

OE Handbk. for Use of Confessor (Corpus Cambr. 201) in Anglia (1965) 83 25 Gif hit beo læwede man fæste healf gear Wodnesdagum and Frigedagum..; cleric i gear ut supra.

?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1137 On al þis yuele time heold Martin abbot his abbotrice xx wintre & half gær & viii dæis.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 279 Hallf ȝer affterr þatt sannt iohan Wass borenn off hiss moderr.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1953 His lond he huld half ȝer.

c1330 (?c1300) Amis & Amiloun (Auch.) (1937) l. 1585 (MED) Bi þan þat half ȝere was ago..His leuedi wax ful wroþ.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Ellesmere) (1870) l. 3971 A child þat was of half yeer age.

1482 W. Cely Let. 7 May in Cely Lett. (1975) 149 All that [money] schall ryn to the payment off the nexte hallffe yerys wagys.

a1500 Warkworth's Chron. (1839) 3 He departed oute of Englonde after halff yere.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. i. 137 I am out of feare Of death or deaths hand for this one halfe yeare .

1657 N. Billingsley Brachy-martyrologia 168 This man was kept in pris'n a half years space.

1687 R. Wolley tr. N. Besongne Present State France (new ed.) i. xxxiii. 296 Two Semstresses serving by the half year, 60 l. each.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. lvi. 270 I don't doubt but I should have given heart-ake for heart-ake, for one half-year at least.

1771 A. Webster Let. 4 Oct. in R. Price Corr. (1983) I. 110 The half-year's stipend..payable to the families of ministers after their decease.

1849 C. Brontë Let. 27 Sept. (2000) II. 264 The..Shares..are now down at 20, and it is doubtful whether any dividend will be declared this half-year.

1870 ‘Ouida’ Puck I. xii. 245 Every half-year his lawyers transmitted him..the biannual rental.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 675 A bank passbook issued by the Ulster Bank,..showing statement of a/c for halfyear ending 31 December 1903.

2000 T. Robbins Fierce Invalids 121 Was there nothing about that half year, passed largely idle, in Seattle that was not positively humdrum?

2. In schools and other educational institutions: either of two periods, each occupying half of the (academic) year, during which teaching of students is scheduled (= semester n.); (occasionally also) any of three terms during which teaching is scheduled. Cf. half n. 9.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > [noun] > session or term

half-yearc907

season?a1400

Michael term?1406

term1429

Michaelmas term1439

Easter term1530

Hilary1577

summer term1659

session1714

half1820

semester1826

by-term1883

Trinity term1899

winterim1964

?1701 Orders & Rules Charity-school (single sheet) The Master shall constantly attend his proper Business in the School..from 7 to 11 in the Morning, and from 1 to 5 in the Evening, the Summer Half-Year.

1718 Free-thinker No. 56. 1 I can open This Half-Year with congratulating my Disciples.

1825 E. Darwin Let. 24 Feb. in C. Darwin Corr. (1985) I. 15 I shall vote setting off as soon as may be after your half-year finishes.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. i. 244 The Doctor now talking of holiday doings, and then of the prospects of the half-year, what chance there was for the Balliol scholarship [etc.].

1905 Catal. Ripon College 1904–5 67 Tuition and incidentals per semester or half year, $19.50.

1967 Paedagogica Europaea 3 266 The teaching of pedagogy covers 2 periods a week in the first half-year and 1 period in the 5th and 6th half-years.

2002 Sewanee Rev. 110 p. lix William Pitt the Elder..paid twenty-nine pounds, three pence for a half year, which included tuition, board, books, and some articles of clothing.

B. adj.

1. Of land: available during the winter months as common land for grazing, etc. Esp. in half year land. Now historical.

ΘΠ

the world > the earth > land > tract > [noun] > common or unenclosed

common1377

moor1386

common land1470

champestrea1492

common field1523

champaign1555

commons1583

champian1611

commonity1612

public domain1627

commonage1635

commoninga1661

range1707–8

open1733

common area1837

mark1849

veld1852

outdoors1859

wide (also great, vast) open spaces1910

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture > winter pasture

wintering1783

winter country1851

1725 T. Badeslade Hist. Anc. & Present State Navigation King's-Lyn viii. 100 Before the Undertaking for a general Draining, there was hardly any part of the Fens but was Half-year Land.

1748 P. Morant Hist. & Antiq. Colchester i. 89/2 Hogs and Swine..were suffered to go about the streets and lanes of this Town; or upon the Half-year common grounds.

1801 Jrnls. House of Commons 5 June 56 510/2 Every Bill for the inclosing any..Half Year Lands.

2010 C. P. Rodgers et al. Contested Common Land (2011) 169 In 1730.., a flock of 900 sheep was kept on the Ling Common..and could also graze the ‘half year lands’, between Michaelmas..and Lady Day.

2. Esp. with reference to financial transactions and accounting: corresponding or relating to half a year or a period of six months. Also: lasting half a year or six months.

1851 Laws Indiana: 35th Session xvi. 44 Such board of commissioners may, upon suggestion, accompanied by a half year report by said auditor and treasurer..make half yearly allowances to said auditor and treasurer.

1870 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 717/2 A half-year journey through Southern and Middle Germany.

1894 Werner's Mag. Feb. 42/2 There are also half-year examinations which one must pass or else drop out of the class.

1975 Irish Times 15 Apr. 14/7 All the evidence of the wool textile downcycle is in the..half year figures... There was a net loss of £13,500.

2022 Australian (Nexis) 24 May 16 The company's record half-year results were boosted by the commodities boom.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	half year
释义	half yearn.adj. Brit. /ˌhɑːf ˈjɪə/, /ˌhɑːf ˈjəː/, U.S. /ˌhæf ˈjɪ(ə)r/, /ˈhæf ˌjɪ(ə)r/ Forms: see half adj. and year n.; also Scottish pre-1700 halȝar, pre-1700 halyar. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., year n. Etymology: < half adj. + year n.In Old English the first element is treated as a normal adjective inflected for case and number (but regularly uninflected in the neuter accusative singular). A. n. 1. A half of a year; a period of six months. Esp. with reference to financial transactions and reckonings (cf. quarter n. 2b). ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > half or quarter year quarter1389 raitha1400 Q1976 half-year- OE Handbk. for Use of Confessor (Corpus Cambr. 201) in Anglia (1965) 83 25 Gif hit beo læwede man fæste healf gear Wodnesdagum and Frigedagum..; cleric i gear ut supra. ?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1137 On al þis yuele time heold Martin abbot his abbotrice xx wintre & half gær & viii dæis. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 279 Hallf ȝer affterr þatt sannt iohan Wass borenn off hiss moderr. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1953 His lond he huld half ȝer. c1330 (?c1300) Amis & Amiloun (Auch.) (1937) l. 1585 (MED) Bi þan þat half ȝere was ago..His leuedi wax ful wroþ. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Ellesmere) (1870) l. 3971 A child þat was of half yeer age. 1482 W. Cely Let. 7 May in Cely Lett. (1975) 149 All that [money] schall ryn to the payment off the nexte hallffe yerys wagys. a1500 Warkworth's Chron. (1839) 3 He departed oute of Englonde after halff yere. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. i. 137 I am out of feare Of death or deaths hand for this one halfe yeare . View more context for this quotation 1657 N. Billingsley Brachy-martyrologia 168 This man was kept in pris'n a half years space. 1687 R. Wolley tr. N. Besongne Present State France (new ed.) i. xxxiii. 296 Two Semstresses serving by the half year, 60 l. each. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. lvi. 270 I don't doubt but I should have given heart-ake for heart-ake, for one half-year at least. 1771 A. Webster Let. 4 Oct. in R. Price Corr. (1983) I. 110 The half-year's stipend..payable to the families of ministers after their decease. 1849 C. Brontë Let. 27 Sept. (2000) II. 264 The..Shares..are now down at 20, and it is doubtful whether any dividend will be declared this half-year. 1870 ‘Ouida’ Puck I. xii. 245 Every half-year his lawyers transmitted him..the biannual rental. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 675 A bank passbook issued by the Ulster Bank,..showing statement of a/c for halfyear ending 31 December 1903. 2000 T. Robbins Fierce Invalids 121 Was there nothing about that half year, passed largely idle, in Seattle that was not positively humdrum? 2. In schools and other educational institutions: either of two periods, each occupying half of the (academic) year, during which teaching of students is scheduled (= semester n.); (occasionally also) any of three terms during which teaching is scheduled. Cf. half n. 9. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > [noun] > session or term half-yearc907 season?a1400 Michael term?1406 term1429 Michaelmas term1439 Easter term1530 Hilary1577 summer term1659 session1714 half1820 semester1826 by-term1883 Trinity term1899 winterim1964 ?1701 Orders & Rules Charity-school (single sheet) The Master shall constantly attend his proper Business in the School..from 7 to 11 in the Morning, and from 1 to 5 in the Evening, the Summer Half-Year. 1718 Free-thinker No. 56. 1 I can open This Half-Year with congratulating my Disciples. 1825 E. Darwin Let. 24 Feb. in C. Darwin Corr. (1985) I. 15 I shall vote setting off as soon as may be after your half-year finishes. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. i. 244 The Doctor now talking of holiday doings, and then of the prospects of the half-year, what chance there was for the Balliol scholarship [etc.]. 1905 Catal. Ripon College 1904–5 67 Tuition and incidentals per semester or half year, $19.50. 1967 Paedagogica Europaea 3 266 The teaching of pedagogy covers 2 periods a week in the first half-year and 1 period in the 5th and 6th half-years. 2002 Sewanee Rev. 110 p. lix William Pitt the Elder..paid twenty-nine pounds, three pence for a half year, which included tuition, board, books, and some articles of clothing. B. adj. 1. Of land: available during the winter months as common land for grazing, etc. Esp. in half year land. Now historical. ΘΠ the world > the earth > land > tract > [noun] > common or unenclosed common1377 moor1386 common land1470 champestrea1492 common field1523 champaign1555 commons1583 champian1611 commonity1612 public domain1627 commonage1635 commoninga1661 range1707–8 open1733 common area1837 mark1849 veld1852 outdoors1859 wide (also great, vast) open spaces1910 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture > winter pasture wintering1783 winter country1851 1725 T. Badeslade Hist. Anc. & Present State Navigation King's-Lyn viii. 100 Before the Undertaking for a general Draining, there was hardly any part of the Fens but was Half-year Land. 1748 P. Morant Hist. & Antiq. Colchester i. 89/2 Hogs and Swine..were suffered to go about the streets and lanes of this Town; or upon the Half-year common grounds. 1801 Jrnls. House of Commons 5 June 56 510/2 Every Bill for the inclosing any..Half Year Lands. 2010 C. P. Rodgers et al. Contested Common Land (2011) 169 In 1730.., a flock of 900 sheep was kept on the Ling Common..and could also graze the ‘half year lands’, between Michaelmas..and Lady Day. 2. Esp. with reference to financial transactions and accounting: corresponding or relating to half a year or a period of six months. Also: lasting half a year or six months. Π 1851 Laws Indiana: 35th Session xvi. 44 Such board of commissioners may, upon suggestion, accompanied by a half year report by said auditor and treasurer..make half yearly allowances to said auditor and treasurer. 1870 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 717/2 A half-year journey through Southern and Middle Germany. 1894 Werner's Mag. Feb. 42/2 There are also half-year examinations which one must pass or else drop out of the class. 1975 Irish Times 15 Apr. 14/7 All the evidence of the wool textile downcycle is in the..half year figures... There was a net loss of £13,500. 2022 Australian (Nexis) 24 May 16 The company's record half-year results were boosted by the commodities boom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.adj.OE
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