half again

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half again

  1. One and a half times, 150%
    • 1965, Robert Riley Crutcher, “What's Buggin' Hazel”, in William D. Russell, director, Hazel, season 4, episode 22, spoken by Dorothy Baxter (Whitney Blake):
      George just talked to a friend of his downtown; he has a new job for Gus! And, it pays half again as much as he's been making.