0 a period of rest for the players in the middle of a sports game -- pause [ masculine ]
1 a short rest between two halves of a game (of football etc) -- pause (mellom omganger), halvtid
Many of the people have been working only half-time, and in calculating compensation half-time is the basis on which it has been reckoned.
We are abolishing—at least we hope we shall abolish—half-time exemption from school under the age of thirteen.
However, it is a little like reporting a rugby match that one has left at half-time.
They suggest putting an end to half-time sentencing for full-time crime and say that people should not be released so early.
We got it back after a year—at half-time—but we did not make a big fuss because we knew that it would return shortly.
We argued whether it was to be functional or nonfunctional, full-time, half-time, and all the rest of it.
Inside the ground, a number of demonstrators broke on to the pitch just after half-time.
Collaborative works like this demand huge effort, not the least from the editor who, unlike a football manager, cannot assemble the contributors at half-time and throw the teacups around.