halves
[havz, hahvz]
/hævz, hɑvz/
noun
1.
plural of
half
.
Idioms
2.
by halves,
incompletely or partially:
to do things by halves.
halfheartedly:
better not at all than by halves.
3.
go halves,
to share equally; divide evenly.
Idioms and Phrases with
go halves
go halves
Also,
go fifty-fifty
. Share equally. For example,
Ann suggested that they go halves on the rent
, or
The brothers are going fifty-fifty in their new business
. The first term dates from the late 1600s, the variant from the early 1900s.
halves
see:
by halves
go halves
also see under:
half