half-pay

half-pay

See also: half pay

English

Adjective

half-pay (not comparable)

  1. Receiving reduced pay, as a naval or military officer does when not in active service.
    • 1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados:
      One of the half-pay men brought me a nasty wavy dagger that had been picked up in the road. 'One of your Indian curiosities, I suppose, Dr Tulloch?' he remarked.
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