half-holiday
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A day when people do not work for half the usual time
- noun
- /ˈhæfˈhɒləˌdeɪ/
- UK
:
medio día libre
- He must have given himself a half-holiday, mission accomplished by noon, and nothing else to do so close to nowhere.
Examples
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On Saturdays, many companies allow their employees to take a half-holiday to relax and recharge.
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A Wednesday afternoon, our half-holiday at school.
Fiction book (1997) -
WA &B also got the reputation for being the first industry in America to adopt half holidays on Saturday afternoons.
Blog text (29) -
We enjoyed a half-holiday at school, allowing us to play in the park all afternoon.
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Since it was a half-holiday, the office closed early, and everyone was excited to start their weekend.
How Long
Surface Forms
half-holiday singular
half-holidays plural
Morphology
Etymology
The word half-holiday joins half- 'half' and holiday 'a day free from work', and holiday originally meant 'holy day'. So a half-holiday is a 'half' day when you are free from work or duty.