an intermission between the first and second half of a game, especially a football game. Also used attributively, as the halftime entertainment

Second half. Line posted after the first half is over, to bet on which team will have a higher score on the second half. It usually has a total as well. Overtime is also a part of the halftime.

The break between the second and third quarters. Last 12 minutes during the regular season and 20 minutes during the Super Bowl. A time for coaches to prepare second half strategy.

Models are paid halftime for all travel time. If your day rate is £50 an hour, you'll get £25 for each hour you travel to and from that job. Your agency also gets 20% of halftime travel rates.

"Halftime" is the 1992 debut single by rapper Nas, billed on this release alone by his original moniker of "Nasty Nas". Originally recorded for the soundtrack to the film Zebrahead, "Halftime" was produced by Large Professor and features samples from "Schoolboy Crush" by Average White Band, "Hawaiian Sophie" by Jay-Z, "Soul Traveling" by Gary Byrd, and "Dead End" by Japanese Hair. The song was later included on Nas' influential debut album, Illmatic, in 1994.