time and a half

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Recent Examples of time and a half Nothing about the job was good, except the time and a half. Hazlitt, 20 Sep. 2023 So, as is only right, RuPaul is coughing up some more of that sweet fracking money to give the queens time and a half. Vulture, 7 Apr. 2022 Extras should be prepared for a 10-12 hour day and will receive overtime pay of time and a half. Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2022 At that time, American agreed to pay pilots a 50% premium (time and a half) to cover reassignments. Noah Barsky, Forbes, 11 July 2022 See all Example Sentences for time and a half 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for time and a half
Noun
  • During a City Council meeting in October, the Antioch Police Department proposed double time for its officers who work on police details but faced opposition.
    Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Hosts themselves were often staff announcers or weathermen doing double time.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Cockburn said Saudi Arabia would need a vast number of migrant workers to deliver its World Cup ambitions in a country which has neither established a minimum wage for non-citizens nor introduced measures to prevent worker deaths.
    Reuters, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Sign up Other tax rises include a rise in capital gains tax from 10% to 18% for basic rate taxpayers and 20% to 24% for higher earners, as well as a national insurance hike for employers and a higher national minimum wage.
    Marc Shoffman, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Our schools need better funding, and our direct support staff deserve living wages.
    Emily Harvey, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Add to this a clearer-than-ever bifurcation between first jobs that pay a living wage and appear to have career pathways and jobs that have one or the other or neither.
    Ryan Craig, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Copied Share Second meeting for teams Greg Rosenstein The Ravens beat the Bengals 41-38 in overtime in Week 5, the highest scoring game of the season so far.
    NBC News, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Overtime sent the fans at Arrowhead Stadium into a nervous quiet as Kelce made a handful of catches from Mahomes, but running back Kareem Hunt helped the Chiefs seal the victory in overtime with the final touchdown.
    Natasha Dye, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024

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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 22 Nov. 2024.

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