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

Example Sentences

If they make you work during holidays, they pay you time and a half. We get paid 20 dollars an hour for 40 hours and time and a half for overtime.
Recent Examples on the Web So, as is only right, RuPaul is coughing up some more of that sweet fracking money to give the queens time and a half. Vulture, 7 Apr. 2022 Extras should be prepared for a 10-12 hour day and will receive overtime pay of time and a half. Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2022 At that time, American agreed to pay pilots a 50% premium (time and a half) to cover reassignments. Noah Barsky, Forbes, 11 July 2022 Farmers will have to pay time and a half to workers who work over 55 hours a week beginning in 2023. oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2022 Nurses also earn time and a half on their base pay over 40 hours a week. Kris Maher, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2022 San Francisco sheriff’s deputies can soon get paid time and a half by private retailers to guard against shoplifting while off duty, similar to police officers, amid a push to combat retail theft in the city. Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Dec. 2021 The union fought many years ago for workers to have that eligibility of that time and a half after eight hours. Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021 Correctional officers make time and a half after one shift, and double time after two. BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2021 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of time and a half was in 1888

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“Time and a half.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20and%20a%20half. Accessed 29 Mar. 2023.

Kids Definition

time and a half

noun
: payment of a worker (as for working overtime) at one and one half times the regular wage rate

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