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yearly

 adjective
     
year‧ly
happening or appearing every year or once a year:
Salary levels are reviewed on a yearly basis.
a total yearly income of $78,000
The magazine is issued twice yearly (=two times a year).
3-yearly/5-yearly etc (=every three years etc)
a checkup at five-yearly intervals
—yearly adverb:
We pay the fee yearly.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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