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half-rate

half-rate adjective: at half the usual rate; half-price.

Adjective

half-rate (not comparable)

  1. At half the usual rate; half-price.
    • Half-rate tickets are available for children and there are substantial reductions for families travelling together.1959 May, “Talking of Trains: "Rail-rovers" again”, in Trains Illustrated, page 235

Questions about half-rate

What does half-rate mean?
Half-rate means at half the usual rate; half-price.
What part of speech is half-rate?
Half-rate is an adjective.

Words near half-rate in the dictionary

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

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