half-dollar
UShaf-DOL-er/ˌhæfˈdɑlɚ/UKhahf-DOL-uh/ˌhɑːfˈdɒlə/
Pluralhalf-dollars
- 1A US coin equal to fifty cents, or half of one dollar.
It is worth the same as two quarters put together.
She dropped a half-dollar into the parking meter.
Grandpa kept a jar of old half-dollars on his shelf.
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Origin
From "half-" plus "dollar."