half-price
/'hɑ:f'prais/
Definition
- Adverb:
- For half the price: At a cost that is 50% of the original or standard price.
- Adjective (Attributive use):
- Being half the price: Used before a noun to describe something sold or offered at a 50% discount.
Usage
- As an Adverb: Modifies a verb (e.g., , , ) to indicate the manner or condition of the transaction.
- As an Adjective: Precedes a noun (e.g., , , ) to describe it.
Examples
- Adverb:
- I bought this coat half-price during the end-of-season clearance.
- Students can travel half-price on weekends with a valid ID.
- Adjective (Attributive):
- She found some great half-price books at the store.
- The theater has half-price tickets for matinee shows.
Advanced Usage
- "to go half-price": To become available for half the price.
- All summer clothing will go half-price next week.
- "available half-price": Describing the availability of an item at a discount.
- This software is available half-price for educational institutions.
Variants and Related Words
- Half-price sale (noun phrase): An event where items are sold at half their usual price.
- The store is having a half-price sale on all furniture.
- Half-priced (adjective): An alternative, less common adjectival form with the same meaning.
- We stocked up on half-priced holiday decorations.
Synonyms
- At a 50% discount: For half the original cost.
- For half off: (Informal) At half the price.
Related Phrases
- Half-price admission: Entry for a reduced fee.
- The museum offers half-price admission for seniors.
- Buy one, get one half-price: A promotional offer where the second item is 50% off.
- The deal was buy one, get one half-price.
Adverb
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for half the price
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she bought it half-price during the sale
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