half board

English

Noun

half board (countable and uncountable, plural half boards)

1. (uncountable, travel) A hotel rate that includes accommodation, breakfast and dinner, but no meal at lunchtime.

   Synonym: modified American plan

2. (countable, nautical) A manoeuvre by which a sailing-ship gains distance to windward by luffing up into the wind.

Translations

hotel rate

• Czech: polopenze f
• Finnish: puolihoito (fi)
• French: demi-pension (fr)
• German: Halbpension (de)
• Greek: ημιδιατροφή (el) f (imidiatrofí)
• Hungarian: félpanzió (hu)
• Italian: mezza pensione f
• Japanese: 一泊二食制 (ippaku-nishokusei)
• Russian: полупансион (ru) m (polupansión)
• Serbo-Croatian: polupansion (sh)
• Swedish: halvpension (sv) c

See also

• full board