half-price A2 Topic:Numbers & Quantity Freq #37785 Meanings 1 adj Costing half of the usual price. All the winter coats are half-price this week. 2 adv For half of the usual price. I bought these shoes half-price during the sale. Etymology AI details From half- + price. Topics Numbers & Quantity Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # half-price **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** adj, adv **Frequency rank:** 37785 ## Meanings 1. Costing half of the usual price. 2. For half of the usual price. ## Examples - All the winter coats are half-price this week. - I bought these shoes half-price during the sale. ## Etymology From half- + price. ## AI Etymology Half-price comes from half- + price. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adverbial form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “Costing half of the usual price” and “For half of the usual price”. ## Topics - Numbers & Quantity - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown