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Meaning of half-dollar | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A coin worth one half of a dollar, typically 50 cents.

Examples

“The Crescent Road sheds had a favourite locomotive - Stanier 4MT tank engine 42626 (known by Bolton locomen as 'two half-dollars') - and the shed authorities quietly arranged for it to be put to one side for a few days, while the ardent schoolboys set to work cleaning it. [This may be inspired by the number 42626 where 26 occurs twice; the half-crown was worth two shillings and sixpence - 2s 6d or 2/6.]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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