TIME AND A HALF Synonyms: 32 Similar Words

time and a half

noun

Definition of time and a half

as in double time

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Recent Examples of time and a half 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. — Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 19 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 In addition to reducing the standard workweek by 20%, Sander’s Thirty-Two-Hour Workweek Act, which enjoys strong union support, would require employers to pay time and a half for workdays exceeding eight hours. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for time and a half

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Noun

The district also agreed to shift to a weekly overtime threshold, allowing full-time employees to get time-and-a-half on their sixth consecutive work day and double time on the seventh day.

— Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
Companies run with limited staff and often pay technicians double time, which drives up the bills homeowners pay.

— Sharon Wu, USA Today, 4 July 2026

Definition of double time

Noun

There is a new effort to increase the minimum wage and training requirements for security guards in California ahead of the 2028 Olympics.

— Steve Large, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Around the same time, the Illinois attorney general sued the Morgans over minimum wage violations at Heights Crematory.

— Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of minimum wage

Noun

The announcement follows similar action taken by workers at various branches of the V&A Museum in London, who voted to strike over pay, working conditions, and the institution’s refusal to seek living wage accreditation.

— News Desk, Artforum, 3 Aug. 2026
Maybe that means hiring full-time refs and paying them a living wage.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of living wage

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