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n.
A rate of pay that is one and a half times the regular rate, as for overtime work.


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Payment of one and a half times the worker's regular hourly wage for work beyond 40 hours per week to certain categories of workers. Time-and-a-half payments are required by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

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A rate of pay for overtime work that is one and one-half times higher than the regular hourly wage, as in I don't mind working Sunday so long as I get time and a half. This expression uses time in the sense of "the number of hours worked." [c. 1885]


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IN BRIEF: adj. - Involving part of the standard or customary number of minutes or hours for an activity adv. - For less than the standard number of hours.

Translations: Half-time
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - halvleg, halv tid, pause, deltid

Français (French)
n. - repos, (Sport) mi-temps

Deutsch (German)
n. - Halbzeit, Kurzarbeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αθλοπ.) ημιχρόνιο

Italiano (Italian)
intervallo, orari ridotto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - meio-tempo (m)

Русский (Russian)
неполная рабочая неделя, конец тайма

Español (Spanish)
n. - entretiempo, descanso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - halvtid

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
半工制

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 半工制

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 반일근무, 반일급, 중간 휴식(하프타임)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 半日労働, ハーフタイム
adj. - 半日制の

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מחצית, הפסקה, חצי משרה‬


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