half pay's Usage Examples:

98th Foot) in 1807, reaching the rank of lieutenant before he retired on half pay on Prince Edward Island in 1818, serving as captain in the island"s militia.

After serving in the Seven Years’ War, he was reduced to half pay from 1763 until he exchanged into 7th Foot (Royal Fusiliers) in 1768.

granted soldiers five years of full pay instead of a lifetime pension of half pay.

The law provides for the pensioning of firemen at half pay when they have served a certain length of time.

) Though Rogers gets the creditors to accept half payment, Sam is determined to pay in full his staggering debt of "250,000.

leave: Two half pay leaves due can be commuted to one fully paid commuted leave.

was in 1764 promoted to captain in the 46th Foot before being placed on half pay.

They gave me a medal and tenpence a day, Contented with Síle, I"ll live on half pay.

On half pay from the navy, he was sent to Norfolk as an Assistant Commissioner for the New Poor Law.

Commuted leave: Two half pay leaves due can be commuted to one.

Synonyms:

common fraction, mediety, one-half, fifty percent, moiety, simple fraction,

Antonyms:

misconception, beginning, middle, inside, outside,