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on the half hour en · ADP

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Meanings

1. Happening hourly, but at 30 minutes past each hour; ie, 08:30, 09:30 etc.
   • Trains leave here for New York every hour on the half hour.
2. Happening on the hour and at 30 minutes after the hour.
   • In one corner is an old grandfather's clock; the chimes are on the half-hour. 2011, Studs Terkel, "The Good War": An Oral History of World War II:
   • He bought and framed Japanese prints, and she chose a bronze mantelpiece clock with a silver bell that struck on the half hour. 2010, Stephanie Cowell, Claude & Camille, page 248:
3. At thirty minutes into a half.

Relateds

on the hour · top of the hour