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half dollar

noun

  1. a silver or cupronickel coin of the U.S., equal to 50 cents.
  2. a silver or nickel coin of Canada, equal to 50 cents.


half-dollar

noun

  1. (in the US) a 50-cent piece
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of half dollar1

First recorded in 1755–65
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At the same, however, his administration is expected to adopt stricter limits on carbon fuels that could drive up per gallon costs by almost a half dollar or more just days after the election.

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“We spent a million and a half dollars on the park two years ago, and it all went down the drain,” Langer said of one of many attempts over the years to address the decay.

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In coming years, nearly a trillion and a half dollars will go into constructing pipelines and terminals, according to Global Energy Monitor.

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The new coins — a gold $5, a silver dollar and a half dollar — celebrate the bicentennial of the abolitionist’s birthday.

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In turn, this depreciated the value of silver content in US silver dollars, half dollars, quarters and dimes.

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