| 单词 | time and a half |
| 释义 | > as lemmastime and a half b. Used in expressions indicating the multiple of the usual rate of pay that is to be paid in particular circumstances (most commonly for overtime), as time and a half, time and a quarter, etc.double time: see double time n. at double adj.1 and adv. Additions. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > wage structures and scales > [noun] > rate of pay > specific piece-rate1842 time and a half1847 time1877 base rate1889 port wages1891 trip-rate1901 time rate1902 1847 in 1st Rep. Sel. Comm. Navigation Laws 86 They only work for a certain number of hours, and extra time is paid for what they call ‘time and a half’. 1851 Morning Chron. 31 Dec. 2/4 An agreement was..come to with the employers..to the effect that when overtime was required it should be paid for at the rate of ‘time and a quarter for the first two hours’, and at ‘time and a half till six o'clock in the morning’. 1931 Economist 14 Mar. 552/2 Extra pay for night duty is to be reduced from ‘time and a quarter’ to ‘time and an eighth’, and for duty on Sunday, Christmas Day and Good Friday from ‘time and a half’ to ‘time and a third’. 1976 Daily Tel. 12 Nov. 2/1 They want holiday pay, at present single time, increased to time and a third. 1978 M. Kenyon Deep Pocket ii. 28 Tell the men I'm paying time and a half for every forty yards dug by the weekend. 2009 Brockville (Ontario) Recorder & Times (Nexis) 4 July a4 In those jobs, employees still receive..time-and-a-half for working statutory holidays. < as lemmas |
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