/pɜːr/
Translation
For each one.
Word origin
Straight from Latin per, meaning through or by means of. English kept it whole in phrases such as per hour and per cent.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- per
- English cognates
- percent, perhaps
Examples
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"Per person" means ten pounds for each person.
sixty .
"Per hour" means in each hour.
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You can also say "twice a week", which is more common in speech.
Used in
Grammar articles
(6)Both, either and neither in English: the two-of-something words, agreement traps, and Me neither
British vs American grammar: have got, gotten, the team are, and the other quiet differences
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Linking words in English: however, although, despite, whereas and therefore
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