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noun

a rate of pay for overtime work equal to one and one half times the regular hourly wage.

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Origin of time and a half

First recorded in 1885–90

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How to use time and a half in a sentence

It is approximately a time-and-a-half enlargement of the palmprint which I developed on the paper bag.
Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Always does his time, his time-and-a-half and his double-time over time.
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British Dictionary definitions for time and a half

time and a half

noun

the rate of pay equalling one and a half times the normal rate, often offered for overtime work

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Other Idioms and Phrases with time and a half

time and a half

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]