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half-pay

half-pay adjective: receiving reduced pay, as a naval or military officer does when not in active service.

Adjective

half-pay (not comparable)

  1. Receiving reduced pay, as a naval or military officer does when not in active service.
    • One of the half-pay men brought me a nasty wavy dagger that had been picked up in the road. 'One of your Indian curiosities, I suppose, Dr Tulloch?' he remarked.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

Questions about half-pay

What does half-pay mean?
Half-pay means receiving reduced pay, as a naval or military officer does when not in active service.
What part of speech is half-pay?
Half-pay is an adjective.

Words near half-pay in the dictionary

  1. half-pass
  2. half-passed
  3. half-passes
  4. half-passing
  5. half-past-six
  6. half-pay
  7. half-pence
  8. half-pie
  9. half-pike
  10. half-pikes
  11. half-pill

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