half-day

British  

noun

1. a day when one works only in the morning or only in the afternoon

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Example Sentences

A half-day lift ticket, which grants you access from noon until lifts close at 5 p.m., costs about $58, and you can rent a full set of gear for around $80.

From The Wall Street Journal

The London Stock Exchange be open for a half-day on New Year’s Eve, but will be shut on Jan. 1.

From Barron's

“We had lots of challenges — dancing in the woods with roots and holes, in a tiny room with hundreds of candles, on a ship with a real storm — and we only really had a half-day to shoot each one. But it was exciting to see how the constraints informed the movement.”

From Los Angeles Times

Shares in Nvidia were down 1.4% at $177.75 in early trading Friday—a shortened half-day for the market.

From Barron's

Katie McFadden, acting for some of the defendants, said that a half-day trial of five defendants at a time raised questions about whether that was enough time for them to individually give evidence, present their free speech arguments and be cross-examined.

From BBC