per

[US]/pə(r)/
[UK]/pər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

prep. through; according to; every (especially for quantity, price, time)

Phrases & Collocations

per capita

per se

per hour

per student

per year

per cent

as per

per annum

per diem

Example Sentences

send it per express.

made as per instructions.

the yield per hectare

supplements per person per night.

power per decade of frequency.

output was down by 20 per cent.

the mileage rate will be 30p per mile.

their share is a niggardly 2.7 per cent.

an overall cut of 30 per cent.

the decision was made per incuriam.

it is not these facts per se that are important.

the entrance fee is £2.00 per person.

10 per cent of realizable assets.

sixty per cent of the children.

a rise of 13 per cent.

wastage was cut by 50 per cent.

Real-world Examples

Perhaps you would allow me to bolster your per diem.

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 3

Thousands of kilometers away,800 to 1,000 liters of water are consumed per person per day.

Source: "BBC Documentary: Home"

Targets just up there per hour pay.

Source: Harvard Business Review

Those businesses earn billions of dollars per year.

Source: What it takes: Celebrity Interviews

We have two periods of geography per week.

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

And we had 1,000 apples of wealth per year.

Source: Monetary Banking (Video Version)

That's 1,500 high-leg kicks per person, per day.

Source: VOA Standard December 2015 Collection

And what's Savannah Capital offering you per share?

Source: newsroom

Three billion US dollars, not per year, but per day.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

Bears on average, they might catch 10 fish per day.

Source: Connection Magazine

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