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The following 4 entries include the term a half.
time and a half
noun: payment for work (such as overtime or holiday work) at one and a half times the worker's regular wage rate
seven and a half
noun: a card game resembling twenty-one in which face cards count ¹/₂ point each and the object is to get a count up to but not exceeding 7¹/₂
story-and-a-half
adjective: consisting basically of one story with additional minor rooms in the attic
and a half
idiom—used in measurements of time, distance, weight, etc., to indicate one half of the stated unit of measurement
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