She was looking for a nanny position closer to her home and was willing to start almost immediately at half pay, while I found a second family.

她正在找一个离家近一点的保姆工作，而且愿意以半薪马上开始工作，而我找到了愿意分享保姆的另外一个家庭。

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We'll pay you half up front and the other half when you've finished the job.

我们先付一半给你，工作完成后再付另一半。

《牛津词典》

Pay half now and the rest later.

现在付一半， 剩下的以后再付。

《新英汉大辞典》

He said the government could borrow enough money to pay each man a dollar and a half a day.

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The world's largest drug company has agreed to pay almost two and a half billion dollars for illegal marketing of medicines.

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Passengers will pay two hundred thousand dollars to ride to outer space and back for two and a half hours.

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He spent five months there before being discharged home to shore on half pay.

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Having failed to make their promising start in the first half pay dividends, Millwall looked to get on the front foot early in the second.

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' But the way we have structured the bill, if the employee says I'll take it in time off instead of time-and-a-half pay, anytime the employee changes his mind after that, he can have the money.

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