Per
prep.
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Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words.
Phrases & Compounds
- Per annum
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by the year; in each successive year; annually.
- per cent
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by the hundred; in the hundred; a proportion multiplied by one hundred; -- used esp. of proportions of ingredients, rate or amount of interest, and the like; most commonly used in the shortened form, per cent, or as one word, percent; as, 5 is ten per cent of 50. It is commonly symbolized with the per cent sign, “%”.
- Per diem
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by the day.