'By halves' definitions:
Definition of 'By halves'
From: GCIDE
- Halves \Halves\ (h[aum]vz), n., pl. of Half. [1913 Webster]
- By halves, by one half at once; halfway; fragmentarily; partially; incompletely. [1913 Webster]
- I can not believe by halves; either I have faith, or I have it not. --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]
- To go halves. See under Go. [1913 Webster]