half-price

(hif’pris’), n. and a. I, n. Half the ordinary price, or half of some established rate; specifically, in England, a reduced charge for admi ion to a place of amusement when part of the entertainment is over. A man o’ th’ town dines late, but soon enough 1’ ensure a side-box station at half-price. Cowper, Task, ii. 624. II. a. Costing half the usual sum. They amuse themselves with theatrical converse, arising out of their last half-price visit to the Victoria gallery. Dickens, Sketches, Scenes, ii.