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
Examples of time and a half in a Sentence
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
From at least November 2021, Robert Clouston knew that Arizona state law required Colt Grill to pay time and a half for any work over 40 hours per week, the indictment said.
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Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 19 July 2025
The Budget Lab at Yale estimates that 8% of U.S. hourly workers and 4% of salaried workers are regularly paid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which requires overtime pay of at least time and a half once employees have worked 40 hours in a week.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
The board members are allowed to pick up extra shifts outside their 40-hour union work week, getting paid time and a half.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 30 Apr. 2025
The contract’s annual minimum wage increases are 3 percent in the first year of the contract and two percent in the second and third years, and the agreement provides time and a half pay for work assigned on a holiday.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
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Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 19 July 2025
The Budget Lab at Yale estimates that 8% of U.S. hourly workers and 4% of salaried workers are regularly paid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which requires overtime pay of at least time and a half once employees have worked 40 hours in a week.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
The board members are allowed to pick up extra shifts outside their 40-hour union work week, getting paid time and a half.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 30 Apr. 2025
The contract’s annual minimum wage increases are 3 percent in the first year of the contract and two percent in the second and third years, and the agreement provides time and a half pay for work assigned on a holiday.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
See All Example Sentences for time and a half
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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 25 Jul. 2025.
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