half price

1 of 3

noun

: half of the original price
I bought these shoes at half price.
I paid half price for these shoes.

half-price

2 of 3

adjective

: marked down to half the original price
half-price items
All winter coats are half-price today.

half-price

3 of 3

adverb

: at half the original price
Reserve now and fly half-price.

Examples of half price in a Sentence

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Noun
Shopping will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 21, but tickets will be required to shop the half price presale from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Customers can shop half price on items that have tags with no star from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 22. Chesnie Wardell, Journal Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2024 The regular fare between Meriden and Windsor Locks is $6.75, for instance, but the system sets the senior rate at $3.25 — about eight cents less than half price. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2024
Adjective
Hamilton County residents enjoy half-price gate admission Aug. 23-25 with valid photo ID. Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 18 Aug. 2024 If paying less than half-price sounds good to you, race over to Nectar. Alexis Berger, SELF, 14 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for half price 

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“Half price.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20price. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.

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