half year
noun[C]
ACCOUNTING,FINANCE,STOCK MARKETukusaperiodof sixmonths:
Pre-taxprofitsin thehalfyearsurgedto £73 million.
half-year
adjective[only before noun]
The bank'shalf-yearearningsrose214% from the sameperiodlastyear.
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These factors caused him to be transferred to 36 different prisons within a four and ahalfyearperiod.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Aroundhalfyearago he was also appointed to this position.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He signed a four and ahalfyearcontract.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.So by three years, 120,000,halfyear20,000, that means 140,000, plus or minus 10 percent, he said, explaining how he came to the figures.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He impressed and was signed on a three and ahalfyearcontract.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The city was isolated for the outside world for one and ahalfyear.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It became a monthly after one and ahalfyear.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He worked on these manuscripts during his later years and during his two andhalfyearbattle with lung cancer.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He left the council just after one andhalfyearduring the term.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This single sold 500,000 copies in ahalfyear, and eventually sold more than one million copies.
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