halve

Word family

halve /hɑːv $ hæv/ verb [transitiveT]

1 REDUCEto reduce something by a half 将…减半

Cash cuts have halved the number of places available on training courses.

经费削减使培训名额减少了一半。

2 SHAREto cut or divide something into two equal pieces 把…分成两半，对半分

Halve the potatoes lengthwise.

把马铃薯竖着切成两半。

Examples from the Corpus

halve• Thus, assuming two-thirds of those retiring were replaced in work by unemployment beneficiaries, the financial costs could have been halved.• At the current rate, costs will be halved again within a decade.• Farming clubs have seen their incomes halved and, if the economics pundits are right, will soon be halved again.• His 13-year prison term was halved because of good behavior.• The overseas aid budget has been almost halved, from $18m to just over $10m.• This is estimated at 1.1m pairs and has more than halved in the past 30 years.• The dish can be halved or quartered as needed.• Halve the eggplant lengthwise and hollow out the center.• He aims to halve unemployment to four percent by 2000 by spending about 10 billion kronor to educate and train workers.

From Longman Business Dictionary

halvehalve /hɑːvhæv/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

to go down to half of a previous amount, level etc, or to make something do this

The share value of internet stocks has halved over the past three months.

He announced plans to sell more than $1 billion in assets and halve the company’s dividend.

Origin halve

(1300-1400) half

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