half-dollar
UShaf-DOL-er/ˌhæfˈdɑlɚ/UKhahf-DOL-uh/ˌhɑːfˈdɒlə/
Pluralhalf-dollars
- 1A coin worth fifty cents, equal to one half of a US dollar.
The cashier handed him two half-dollars in change.
Collectors still prize the silver half-dollar struck before 1965.
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Origin
Formed from the prefix "half-" combined with "dollar."