time-and-a-half

time-and-a-half
n.
An hourly pay rate commonly paid for overtime work, calculated by adding 50% of the usual hourly rate to the usual hourly rate.

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  • Time-and-a-half — is when a worker (or workers) is paid 1.5 times their usual hourly rate. It is usually paid as an incentive to work on a particular day (e.g. on Sundays) or as government mandated compensation for having workers work on particular days (e.g.… …   Wikipedia

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  • time and a half — {n. phr.} Pay given to a worker at a rate half again as much as he usually gets. * /John got time and a half when he worked beyond his usual quitting time./ * /Tom gets one dollar for regular pay and a dollar and a half for time and a half./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • time and a half — noun Date: 1888 payment for work (as overtime or holiday work) at one and a half times the worker s regular wage rate …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • Half time — Half Half (h[aum]f), a. [AS. healf, half, half; as a noun, half, side, part; akin to OS., OFries., & D. half, G. halb, Sw. half, Dan. halv, Icel. h[=a]lfr, Goth. halbs. Cf. {Halve}, {Behalf}.] 1. Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Half — (h[aum]f), a. [AS. healf, half, half; as a noun, half, side, part; akin to OS., OFries., & D. half, G. halb, Sw. half, Dan. halv, Icel. h[=a]lfr, Goth. halbs. Cf. {Halve}, {Behalf}.] 1. Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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