half-payn.

1. Half the usual or full wages or salary; a reduced allowance to an officer in the army or navy when not in actual service, or after retirement at a prescribed time.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > according to amount

pittance1611

half-pay1664

long shilling1764

overpay1765

living wage1817

subsistence wage1831

existence wage1893

social wage1925

1664 S. Pepys Diary 30 Nov. (1971) V. 333 The Duch having called in their fleet and paid their men half-pay.

1749 Refut. Pamph. Navy Bill 10 Every Officer, whilst he receives the Half-pay, is bound to enter upon Service.

1753 Scots Mag. May 261/2 Cashier and Paymaster of the Half-pay.

1823 Byron Don Juan: Canto VIII ciii. 162 No hero trusteth wholly to half-pay.

1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 65 Officers upon the Half-Pay who are desirous of being employed upon Full Pay, are to report their wish to the Military Secretary.

2. An officer in receipt of half-pay.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > officer without command on half-pay

reformado1616

reformier1644

reformadec1645

half-pay1826

1826 Ann. Reg. 170/2 Now, like the other half-pays in London, he must live on plates of beef and goes of gin for the next seven years.

1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Aug. 10/2 The half-pays..have come over in great force.

3. attrib., as half-pay officer, etc.

ΚΠ

1715 Duke of Marlborough Let. 30 June in London Gaz. No. 5343/1 Filled up with a half Pay Officer.

1727 W. Somervile Occas. Poems 68 Half-pay captains and half-witted beaux.

1889 A. T. Pask Eyes of Thames 163 Englishmen with small means, of what might be termed the half-pay class.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2014).

单词	half-pay
释义	half-payn. 1. Half the usual or full wages or salary; a reduced allowance to an officer in the army or navy when not in actual service, or after retirement at a prescribed time. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > according to amount pittance1611 half-pay1664 long shilling1764 overpay1765 living wage1817 subsistence wage1831 existence wage1893 social wage1925 1664 S. Pepys Diary 30 Nov. (1971) V. 333 The Duch having called in their fleet and paid their men half-pay. 1749 Refut. Pamph. Navy Bill 10 Every Officer, whilst he receives the Half-pay, is bound to enter upon Service. 1753 Scots Mag. May 261/2 Cashier and Paymaster of the Half-pay. 1823 Byron Don Juan: Canto VIII ciii. 162 No hero trusteth wholly to half-pay. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 65 Officers upon the Half-Pay who are desirous of being employed upon Full Pay, are to report their wish to the Military Secretary. 2. An officer in receipt of half-pay. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > officer without command on half-pay reformado1616 reformier1644 reformadec1645 half-pay1826 1826 Ann. Reg. 170/2 Now, like the other half-pays in London, he must live on plates of beef and goes of gin for the next seven years. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Aug. 10/2 The half-pays..have come over in great force. 3. attrib., as half-pay officer, etc. ΚΠ 1715 Duke of Marlborough Let. 30 June in London Gaz. No. 5343/1 Filled up with a half Pay Officer. 1727 W. Somervile Occas. Poems 68 Half-pay captains and half-witted beaux. 1889 A. T. Pask Eyes of Thames 163 Englishmen with small means, of what might be termed the half-pay class. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2014). < n.1664
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