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half-price

half-price adverb: for sale at half the normal price.

Adverb

half-price (not comparable)

  1. For sale at half the normal price.

Adjective

half-price (not comparable)

  1. For sale at half the normal price.
    • West Midlands residents who have just found a new job can get two months' free rail, bus and tram travel to work, plus half-price tickets for a further four weeks, under a new Workwise scheme.2021 October 6, “Network News: New recruits go free”, in RAIL, number 941, page 21

Origin of half-price

From half- + price.

Questions about half-price

What does half-price mean?
Half-price means for sale at half the normal price.
What part of speech is half-price?
Half-price can be an adverb or an adjective.

Words near half-price in the dictionary

  1. half-port
  2. half-ports
  3. half-pound
  4. half-pounder
  5. half-pounders
  6. half-price
  7. half-rate
  8. half-ray
  9. half-rays
  10. half-reaction
  11. half-reactions

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