1) About half a month 2) British monthly magazine 3) Exclusively Saxon word 4) Exclusively Anglo word 5) Period 6) Period of time 7) Period of two weeks 8) Semimonthly period, roughly 9) Time period 10) Two weeks 11) Unit of time 12) Vacation duration 13) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins 14) Word of purely Anglo origin
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a period of 14 days : two weeks.
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A fortnight is a unit of time equal to 14 days (2 weeks). The word derives from the fēowertyne niht, meaning `fourteen nights`. Fortnight and fortnightly are commonly used words in the English-speaking world, where some wages, salaries and social security benefits are paid on a fortnightly basis, except North America, where it is rare outside o.....
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• (n.) The space of fourteen days; two weeks.
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(from the article `calendar`) ...sunset to sunset, whereas the day was said to begin at dawn for the Hindus and Egyptians and at midnight for the Romans. The Teutons counted ...
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Fort'night` noun [ Contr. from
fourteen nights , our ancestors reckoning time by nights and winters; so, also,
seven nights ,
sennight , a week.] The space of fourteen days; two weeks.
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n] - a period of fourteen consecutive days
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[Frankenstein] two weeks, or a two-week period of time.
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[Wuthering Heights] a period of two weeks.
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the space of fourteen nights and days; two weeks.
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a period of fourteen consecutive days
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