Half price

Half price
Half Half (h[aum]f), a. [AS. healf, half, half; as a noun, half, side, part; akin to OS., OFries., & D. half, G. halb, Sw. half, Dan. halv, Icel. h[=a]lfr, Goth. halbs. Cf. {Halve}, {Behalf}.] 1. Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view. [1913 Webster]

Note: The adjective and noun are often united to form a compound. [1913 Webster]

2. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge. [1913 Webster]

Assumed from thence a half consent. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

{Half ape} (Zo["o]l.), a lemur.

{Half back}. (Football) See under 2d {Back}.

{Half bent}, the first notch, for the sear point to enter, in the tumbler of a gunlock; the halfcock notch.

{Half binding}, a style of bookbinding in which only the back and corners are in leather.

{Half boarder}, one who boards in part; specifically, a scholar at a boarding school who takes dinner only.

{Half-breadth plan} (Shipbuilding), a horizontal plan of one half a vessel, divided lengthwise, showing the lines.

{Half cadence} (Mus.), a cadence on the dominant.

{Half cap}, a slight salute with the cap. [Obs.] --Shak.

{At half cock}, the position of the cock of a gun when retained by the first notch.

{Half hitch}, a sailor's knot in a rope; half of a clove hitch.

{Half hose}, short stockings; socks.

{Half measure}, an imperfect or weak line of action.

{Half note} (Mus.), a minim, one half of a semibreve.

{Half pay}, half of the wages or salary; reduced pay; as, an officer on half pay.

{Half price}, half the ordinary price; or a price much reduced.

{Half round}. (a) (Arch.) A molding of semicircular section. (b) (Mech.) Having one side flat and the other rounded; -- said of a file.

{Half shift} (Mus.), a position of the hand, between the open position and the first shift, in playing on the violin and kindred instruments. See {Shift}.

{Half step} (Mus.), a semitone; the smallest difference of pitch or interval, used in music.

{Half tide}, the time or state of the tide equally distant from ebb and flood.

{Half time}, half the ordinary time for work or attendance; as, the half-time system.

{Half tint} (Fine Arts), a middle or intermediate tint, as in drawing or painting. See {Demitint}.

{Half truth}, a statement only partially true, or which gives only a part of the truth. --Mrs. Browning.

{Half year}, the space of six months; one term of a school when there are two terms in a year. [1913 Webster]


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  • half price — n [U] half the usual price →↑full price at half price ▪ Many shoes are at half price or less. >half price adj ▪ Half price tickets will be sold on the day. >half price adv ▪ Children aged 2 14 go half price …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • half price — UK US noun [U] COMMERCE ► half of the normal price: »A new discount scheme allows shoppers to buy petrol at half price. »Tickets are now going for half price on eBay. »Stay at the four star hotel for less than half price until December 25. half… …   Financial and business terms

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  • half price — noun [noncount] : half of the original price I bought these shoes at half price. = I paid half price for these shoes. half price adj half price items All winter coats are half price today. half price adv …   Useful english dictionary

  • half-price — 1) ADJ: v link ADJ, ADJ n, ADJ after v If something is half price, it costs only half what it usually costs. Main courses are half price from 12.30pm to 2pm... Mind you, a half price suit still cost $400... We can get in half price. 2) N UNCOUNT …   English dictionary

  • half price — n. at half price (to admit children at half price) * * * at half price (to admit children at half price) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • half price — adverb at half the usual price: Do you like the new carpet? We got it half price in the sale. half price adjective: half price sale items …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • half-price — UK / US adjective, adverb at half the usual price half price tickets They were forced to sell most of the stock half price. a half price offer …   English dictionary

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