fortnight

The definition of a fortnight is a two-week period of time.

(noun)

Many British Commonwealth countries pay employees every two weeks, an example of a fortnight-based payroll system.

See fortnight in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Chiefly Brit. a period of two weeks

Origin: ME fourte(n) niht < OE feowertyn niht, lit., fourteen nights

See fortnight in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A period of 14 days; two weeks.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English fourtenight

Origin: , alteration of fourtene night, fourteen nights

Origin: : Old English fēowertēne, fourteen; see k^wetwer- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + Old English niht, night; see nok^wt- in Indo-European roots

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