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per.

For each.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

prep/pɜː/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/pɝ/General-American/pɛr/Scotland/pøː/New-Zealand

  1. For each.

    Admission is £10 per person.
    miles per gallon

  2. To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).

    12 inches per foot
    100 centimeters per meter

  3. By the, through the (with name of body part in Latin).

    Introduce the endoscope per nasum.
    The medication is to be administered per os.

  4. In accordance with, as per.

    I parked my car at the curb per your request.
    Implement a program that computes the approximate grade level needed to comprehend some text, per the below.

  5. According to.

    Bucks trading for Patrick Beverley, per sources
    The Heat were too close to the luxury tax line -- $1.6 million over before this trade, per ESPN's Bobby Marks
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin perder. English per From Latin per (“through, during”), from Proto-Indo-European *per. Doublet of par.

pron/pɜː/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/pɝ/General-American/pɛr/Scotland/pøː/New-Zealand

  1. They (singular). Gender-neutral neologistic third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.

    gender-neutral · nominative · nonstandard · rare · singular · third-person

  2. Them (singular) Neologistic gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, suggested for use in place of him and her.

    gender-neutral · nominative · nonstandard · rare · singular · third-person
Where this word comes from

Clipping of person, coined by American novelist and poet Marge Piercy in Woman on the Edge of Time (1979)

det/pɜː/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/pɝ/General-American/pɛr/Scotland/pøː/New-Zealand

  1. Belonging to per; their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with gendered his and her.

    nonstandard · rare
Where this word comes from

Clipping of person, coined by American novelist and poet Marge Piercy in Woman on the Edge of Time (1979)

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