time and a half

1. 1.

   a rate of pay that is 1.5 times the regular rate; for overtime work

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Questions about time and a half

What does time and a half mean?

time and a half means "a rate of pay that is 1.5 times the regular rate; for overtime work".

Is time and a half a common word?

time and a half is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.