🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

billete a mitad de precio

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bi-ˈʝe-te a mi-ˈtad de ˈpre-sjo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Half-price ticket/ˌhɑːfˌpraɪs ˈtɪk.ɪt/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Los niños menores de doce años viajan con billete a mitad de precio."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A pass, voucher, or admission document sold or acquired at fifty percent of its standard cost.

    "She managed to secure a half-price ticket for the evening theater performance."
  2. 2

    A discounted fare voucher for public transportation available to specific groups such as children, students, or seniors.

    "Students are required to show their ID cards when purchasing a half-price ticket on the bus."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a compound phrase combining 'half', derived from Old English 'healf', with 'price', from Old French 'pris', and 'ticket', from Old French 'etiquet' or 'estiquet'. The collocation emerged in commercial and transport sectors during the 19th century as organized public transit and entertainment industries expanded discounting strategies.

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