One person's working time for a month, or the equivalent, used as a measure of how much work or labor is required or consumed to perform some task.

The period of duration from the first date of one month to the last date of the same month, which can thus vary from 28 to 31 days in length.

(colloquial, dated) The month in which female deer are fawning, when hunting is prohibited.

plural of fence month

In the Jewish calendar or other lunisolar calendars, an extra month added to the usual 12 months because the solar year is slightly longer than 12 lunar months.

(film) The two periods of the year, often described as January and February and mid-August through September, when new movie releases are either poor-quality, cheaply made, or intended for niche audiences, since low movie attendance limits the potential box office return.

plural of time of the month

(Singapore, generally attributive) a one-month (or more) bonus paid to employees at the end of the financial year.

plural of 13th month

(astronomy, astrology) One twelfth of a Great Year, corresponding to one of the zodiacal ages (roughly 2000 years).