Half of a person's normal or previous salary or wages.
he and other senior execs will be on half pay for the next six months
Example sentencesExamples
The liquidation at least means the people employed behind the scenes at New Broomfield, who have been working on half pay for the last two years, can now get on with the rest of their lives.
Several 18th and 19th-century armies and navies placed unemployed officers on half pay as a way of reducing the cost of the active establishment while retaining a nucleus of trained officers.
The most vulnerable Special Forces troops are those with twenty years service, and thus eligible to retire on half pay.
People can't live on half pay, so they will be leaving and seeking jobs elsewhere.
To make the finances work, he asked the remaining employees to work half-time for half pay, and he and his partner took 75% salary cuts.
Definition of half pay in US English:
half pay
nounˈˌhaf ˈpā
Half of a person's normal or previous salary or wages.
a sabbatical year during which he would receive half pay from Fordham University
Example sentencesExamples
The liquidation at least means the people employed behind the scenes at New Broomfield, who have been working on half pay for the last two years, can now get on with the rest of their lives.
To make the finances work, he asked the remaining employees to work half-time for half pay, and he and his partner took 75% salary cuts.
Several 18th and 19th-century armies and navies placed unemployed officers on half pay as a way of reducing the cost of the active establishment while retaining a nucleus of trained officers.
People can't live on half pay, so they will be leaving and seeking jobs elsewhere.
The most vulnerable Special Forces troops are those with twenty years service, and thus eligible to retire on half pay.