Interestingly, research shows that most humans eat between three to five pounds of food per day. Indeed, as we approach four pounds of food intake for the day, most of us are feeling pretty satisfied.
1 Semi-monthly (or Bi-monthly): Semi-monthly paychecks are issued twice a month, often on the 1st and the 15th of the month. 2  Thus there are 24 semi-monthly pay periods in a year.
Semi-monthly pay is slightly different from bi-weekly pay, as there are 26 paychecks each year with the latter. This is because employees are paid every two weeks on a particular day of the week, rather than on a specific date.