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apiece.

Following a noun or noun phrase: by, for, or to each one; each by itself.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adv/əˈpiːs/Received-Pronunciation/əˈpis/General-American
  1. Following a noun or noun phrase: by, for, or to each one; each by itself.

    not-comparable
    These melons cost a dollar apiece.
  2. For an undetermined distance.

    New-England · especially · not-comparable
    down the road apiece
Where this word comes from

Univerbation of a + piece (noun), from Late Middle English a pece. Pece is derived from Anglo-Norman pece, peece, peice, Middle French piece, and Old French pece, pice, piece (“part of a whole”) (modern French pièce); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Late Latin *pettia, *pettium (compare pecia, pecium, petia, petium (“broken piece, fragment; piece of land”)), or from their possible etymon Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (“piece, portion; quota”).

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