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halfway house
(redirected from Halfway Houses)

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halfway house
n.
1. A rehabilitation center where people who have left an institution, such as a hospital or prison, are helped to readjust to the outside world.
2. A stopping place, such as an inn, that marks the midpoint of a journey.

halfway house
n
1. a place to rest midway on a journey
2. the halfway point in any progression
3. (Social Welfare) a centre or hostel designed to facilitate the readjustment to private life of released prisoners, mental patients, etc.
4. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) Brit a compromise a halfway house between fixed and floating exchange rates
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halfway house
nGasthaus ntauf halbem Weg; (= hostel)offene Anstalt; (fig)Zwischending nt; we could stop off at the King’s Head, that’s a halfway housewir können im „King’s Head“ einkehren, das liegt auf halbem Wege; it is a halfway house between democracy and …das ist ein Zwischending zwischen Demokratie und …; (non-temporal) → es nimmt eine Zwischenstellung zwischen Demokratie und … ein
halfway house n (hostel) centro di riadattamento alla vita sociale per ex detenuti (fig) → via di mezzo
halfway house n (hostel) centro di riadattamento alla vita sociale per ex detenuti (fig) → via di mezzo


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Then, after more than two years bouncing between shelters and halfway houses and seeing his T-cell count drop to the point that he was diagnosed with AIDS, he broke his silence on World AIDS Day in 2004.
To prepare for the film, Gyllenhaal spent time at halfway houses, drug recovery meetings and parole offices.
Its estimated population of 8,000 to 11,000 has created an economic infrastructure not only made up of various service organizations, halfway houses and hotels, but ruthless street-level businesses that provide drugs, cigarettes, liquor, prostitution and even protection.
 
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