time and a half
noun
: payment for work (such as overtime or holiday work) at one and a half times the worker's regular wage rate
Example Sentences
If they make you work during holidays, they pay you time and a half. We get paid 20 dollars an hour for 40 hours and time and a half for overtime.
Recent Examples on the Web 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 Farmers will have to pay time and a half to workers who work over 55 hours a week beginning in 2023. oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2022 Nurses also earn time and a half on their base pay over 40 hours a week. Kris Maher, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2022 San Francisco sheriff’s deputies can soon get paid time and a half by private retailers to guard against shoplifting while off duty, similar to police officers, amid a push to combat retail theft in the city. Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Dec. 2021 The union fought many years ago for workers to have that eligibility of that time and a half after eight hours. Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021 Correctional officers make time and a half after one shift, and double time after two. BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2021 Employees said they haven’t been getting paid time and a half, or given 1 1/2 hours compensation time for overtime work, as required under federal law. Karen Caffarini, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2021 See More
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 Farmers will have to pay time and a half to workers who work over 55 hours a week beginning in 2023. oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2022 Nurses also earn time and a half on their base pay over 40 hours a week. Kris Maher, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2022 San Francisco sheriff’s deputies can soon get paid time and a half by private retailers to guard against shoplifting while off duty, similar to police officers, amid a push to combat retail theft in the city. Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Dec. 2021 The union fought many years ago for workers to have that eligibility of that time and a half after eight hours. Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021 Correctional officers make time and a half after one shift, and double time after two. BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2021 Employees said they haven’t been getting paid time and a half, or given 1 1/2 hours compensation time for overtime work, as required under federal law. Karen Caffarini, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1888, in the meaning defined above
time and a half
noun
as in double time
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- double time
- minimum wage
- living wage
- nominal wages
- overtime
- take-home pay
- pay envelope
- wage
- salary
- paycheck
- stipend
- redress
- pay
- return
- restitution
- emolument
- recompense
- reparation
- repayment
- remittance
- reimbursement
- hire
- compensation
- payment
- recoupment
- remuneration
- takings
- profit
- earnings
- requital
- packet
- yield
