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half-year

['hɑ:f'jɪə]
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gen. полугодие (a period of 6 months • the campaign lasted nearly a half-yeara half-year breakAfter weeks of painful indecision, he asked for a half-year break in their relationship (Telushkin, Josef THE UNORTHODOX MURDER OF RABBI MOSS)But, judging from his review of the economy which is now close to the half-year mark, there's steam in the engine of the economy yet. BUSINESS TODAY (1998) For a half-year, therefore, MPs had been deprived of a political platform on which to debate the affairs of the South Sea Company. Malcolm Balen A VERY ENGLISH DECEIT: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE AND THE FIRST GREAT FINANCIAL SCANDAL (2002)He said there was a long list of reasons for the company's "clearly disappointing" but well flagged half-year result. COURIER, SUNDAY MAIL (2004)In its half-year results last November, Vodafone cut 4.5bn from the value of assets bought in recent years, including Arcor in Germany. GLASGOW HERALD (2002)Kevin was working towards his bonus for exceeding this half-year 's quota of fees. Gee, Maggie LOST CHILDREN On the previous six months he had done this easily, but this half-year had been more up-and-down, and more down than up, recently. Gee, Maggie LOST CHILDRENOverall, Compass Group, the world's largest food service organisation, racked up a 29 % rise in half-year pre-tax profits to 145m. BELFAST TELEGRAPH (2004)The company has also posted a net profit of Rs 12.25 crore in the first half-year, according to a press release issued here. SAMACHAR (2004) Alexander Demidov); полугодовой (Meirzhan Mukhambetov); полугодичный; полгода; семестр
libr. издание, выходящее два раза в год
half year [ˌhɑːf'jɪǝ(r)]
gen. полугодие; семестр
busin. полгода
half-year
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