half price

noun [U] COMMERCE

Definition

› half of the normal price: A new discount scheme allows shoppers to buy petrol at half price. Tickets are now going for half price on eBay. Stay at the four-star hotel for less than half price until December 25.

half-price adjective › Tickets are $18.50, $10 for students, half-price for seniors.

(Definition of half price noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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