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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
halfway house

▶noun

1 the halfway point in a progression.
■ Brit. a compromise.

2 a centre for rehabilitating former prisoners or psychiatric patients.

3 historical an inn midway between two towns.

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