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hahf-PRYS/ˌhɑːfˈpraɪs/

Half-price means fifty per cent off: half-price tickets, a half-price sale, go half-price. Discount is any price cut. Cheap is a looser word. Fifty per cent off is the same idea in numbers. Hyphenate half-price before a noun. Do not write half prize (a prize is an award).

Meaning

Costing fifty per cent of the usual price.

Examples

• “These tickets are half-price on weekdays.”
• “The greengrocer put the ripe fruit on a half-price tray.”
• “Students travel half-price on this fare after nine.”

Good to know

half-price tickets / a half-price sale. Cousin: discount. Mix-up: prize (award).

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