Definition from Oxford language
Bi-Monthly: done, produced, or occurring twice a month or every two months.
How can I ensure it is correctly interpreted as every two months instead of twice a month? I am thinking of a single word instead of a phrase.
EDITED:
Thanks everyone who weighs in. As a non-native English speaker and a new learner, I find it strange that bi-monthly can mean once every two months and twice per month.
Let's say if someone says you will be billed bi-monthly
or you have to make a payment bi-monthly
How will it be interpreted if no context is given?
I am writing a list like below
- Monthly
Bi-Monthly
- Quarterly
- Bi-Annually
- Annually
If no context is provided, I believe it is understandable that bi-monthly
means once every two months
.
However, if I were to rearrange the list like this
Bi-Monthly
- Monthly
- Quarterly
- Bi-Annually
- Annually
It will be interpreted as twice per month although what I want to mean is actually once every two months.