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time and a half

noun

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as in double time

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Recent Examples of time and a half Although he did not get paid time and a half for playing 27 holes instead of the normal 18, a healthy check will come his way Sunday afternoon if Penge can hold his position. — Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for time and a half
Recent Examples of Synonyms for time and a half
  1. double time
  2. minimum wage
  3. living wage
  4. overtime
Noun
  • Then City surged into something like dominance, during which time Baggaley built a case to demand double time for her Sunday afternoon’s work.
    — Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of double time
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  • The new minimum wage will go live on December 27, 2026 and take effect on the first paycheck in 2027, which is January 14, according to the health system.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The most effective adaptation, by his reckoning, is ensuring that workers earn enough to protect themselves beyond the factory gates—a need highlighted by continuing protests over what many say is a woefully inadequate minimum wage.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of minimum wage
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  • The seventh edition of Fashion Checker, released Wednesday for Living Wage Action Day, updates brands’ living wage and transparency scores.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The coalition of more than 80 unions and various community groups is pushing for living wage jobs, new housing units and protections for immigrant workers.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of living wage
Noun
  • Labor says Wage and Hour Division investigators found not only did the servers not get paid time and a half for overtime, an FLSA requirement, their entire pay came from tips.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Brooke Wyckoff’s 3-poitner with two seconds left in the second game tied the score and sent the game to overtime, which the Sun won to tie the series at 1.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of overtime

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“Time and a half.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/time%20and%20a%20half. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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