time and a half



time and a half

A rate of pay for overtime work that is one and one-half times higher than the regular hourly wage, as in I don't mind working Sunday so long as I get time and a half. This expression uses time in the sense of "the number of hours worked." [c. 1885]
See also: and, half, time

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hamilcarhə-MIL-kahr (English), HAM-il-kahr (English)Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History
Salih-Arabic
PrzemekPZHE-mekPolish
Ninoslav-Serbian, Croatian, Medieval Slavic
Archippos-Ancient Greek
JevgĒŅIja-Latvian