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PER definition: 1. used when expressing rates, prices, or measurements to mean "for each": 2. used when expressing…. Learn more.
Learn the various uses and meanings of the word per as a preposition, adverb, abbreviation, and prefix. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related phrases of per.
Learn the meaning and usage of the preposition per, which means for each or per unit. See how to use per in different contexts and languages with examples and translations.
You use per to talk about each one of something. For example, if a vehicle is travelling at 40 miles per hour, it travels 40 miles each hour.
Per meaning a or an or for each occurs chiefly in technical or statistical contexts: miles per gallon; work-hours per week; feet per second; gallons of beer per person per year. It is also common in sports commentary: He averaged 16 points per quarter.
Learn the definition, pronunciation and usage of per preposition, which means for each or per. See examples, idioms and synonyms of per in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.
used to express the cost or amount of something for each person, number used, distance travelled, etc. Rooms cost £50 per person, per night. 60 miles per hour. France consumes around 200 000 tonnes of cocoa per year.
