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Beef also was difficult to be procured and exceedingly poor; the price nearly sixpence farthing per pound.
William Bligh

Meaning of "per" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PER

From Latin: by, for each.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PER

per  [pɜː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Per can act as a preposition and a determiner.
The preposition is an invariable grammatical category, that has no meaning itself and which serves to link or relate terms.

The determinant is a modifier that provides context to the noun, often in terms of quantity and possession.

WHAT DOES PER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Per

Per or PER may refer to: ▪ Per, a Scandinavian form of Peter. ▪ Per, a storm in Sweden, in January 2007 ▪ the IOC country code for Peru ▪ the IATA code for Perth Airport in Western Australia ▪ PE ratio, price-to-earnings ratio, used in finance ▪ Player Efficiency Rating, an advanced basketball statistic ▪ Partial equivalence relation ▪ Packed Encoding Rules, a set of ASN.1 encoding rules for formatting data in binary ▪ Protein efficiency ratio, a method used for evaluating the quality of protein in food ▪ the official abbreviation of the Western Australian Herbarium ▪ Perseus ▪ the stock symbol for Perot Systems Corporation ▪ Period ▪ Pér, a village in Hungary ▪ Personnel Evaluation Report, Canadian Forces terminology for yearly performance assessment ▪ in media and entertainment ▪ PeR, Latvian pop band ▪ Per, a 1975 Danish film...

Definition of per in the English dictionary

The definition of per in the dictionary is for every. Other definition of per is by; through.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PER

per annum
per ardua ad astra
per capita
per capita income
per cent
per centum
per contra
per day
per diem
per mensem
per mil
per mill
per pro
per se
Pera
peracid
peracidity
peracute
peradventure

WORDS THAT END LIKE PER

other
over
peter
under
upper
user
vender
walker
wallpaper
Walter
water
weather
webmaster
whatever
whether
whisper
winner
winter
wonder
writer

Synonyms and antonyms of per in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «per» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PER

Find out the translation of per to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of per from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «per» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

por
570 millions of speakers

English

per
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لِكُلِّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

из расчета на
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

por
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

par
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Per
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pro
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

・・・につき
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

...당
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Saben
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cho mỗi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒன்றுக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रति
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

başına
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

a
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przez
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

на
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

per
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

per
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

per
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of per

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PER»

The term «per» is very widely used and occupies the 540 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of per
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «per».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «per» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «per» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about per

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10 QUOTES WITH «PER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word per.
1
Franz Beckenbauer
If a Middle Eastern sheikh comes to buy Bayern Munich, he could buy 49 per cent. Fifty-one per cent must stay in Germany with the club. That law came about because of the developments of international football.
2
William Bligh
Beef also was difficult to be procured and exceedingly poor; the price nearly sixpence farthing per pound.
3
Creed Bratton
I don't sit down to write a song, per se.
4
George Canning
In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent.
5
Mark Carwardine
The scary thing is that in my lifetime, 95 per cent of the world's rhinos have been killed.
6
John Paul DeJoria
I make the majority of my money from Patron, but my passion is with Paul Mitchell: I spend 85 per cent of my time on it.
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Garry Disher
To be a writer, you must be a reader, yet as many as 30 per cent of my writing students were not readers.
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K. Eric Drexler
On the molecular scale, you find it's reasonable to have a machine that does a million steps per second, a mechanical system that works at computer speeds.
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Charles Eames
Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se.
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Laurence Fishburne
I play characters. I don't think I really have a persona per se. I don't play the same guy every time. I show up, you don't know what I'm gonna do. I like it that way. I've intentionally tried to do it that way. I think that's what's interesting.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PER»

Discover the use of per in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to per and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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33 Revolutions Per Minute
This is not a list book, rather each of the 33 songs offers a way into a subject, an artist, an era or an idea. The book feels vital, in both senses of the word: necessary and alive.
Dorian Lynskey, 2011
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Rethinking Language, Mind, and World Dialogically: ...
A volume in Advances in Cultural Psychology Series Editor: Jaan Valsiner, Clark University "This is a remarkable and highly original work on dialogism, dialogical theories and dialogue.
Per Linell, 2009
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Making $40,000 Per Month in Extra Income: A Step-by-step ...
Whether you're stuck in the corporate rat race, working at home, slaving for your boss, student, or just one with a curious mind for earning $40,000 per month, this guide is for you!
Marc Gaudet, 2008
4
Pay-per-click Search Engine Marketing Handbook: Low Cost ...
PPC advertising : fraud, branding, search engines, and tools.
Boris Mordkovich, Eugene Mordkovich, 2005
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Earn $30,000 Per Month Playing Online Poker: A Step-by-Step ...
That is, the various buy'in amounts can be viewed as a climbable ladder that helps gauge success. As with any gambling, winning is not a sure thing. But this book gives you the tools you need to win.
Ryan Wiseman, 2007
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School Development: Theories & Strategies
This is the most comprehensive School Development overview text ever written.
Per Dalin, 2004
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(Per)versions of Love and Hate
Renata Salecl explores the distributing and complex relationships between love and hate, violence and admiration, libidinal and destructive drives, through an investigation of phenomenon as diverse as the novels The Age of Innocence and The ...
Renata Salecl, 1999
8
Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction
In Lives Per Gallon, Tamminen takes a hard look at these and other health, environmental, and national security costs hidden in every barrel of oil.
Terry Tamminen, 2012
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Top 37 Killer Adwords Pay-Per-Click Secrets Exposed
37 Google AdWords Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising secrets are exposed in this 110 page book.
Roger C Hall, 2007
10
Kate Chopin: A Critical Biography
" With these works, which were decades ahead of their time, Kate Chopin takes her place among the important American realist writers of the 1890's.
Per Seyersted, 1980

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term per is used in the context of the following news items.
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More than 80 per cent of nurses attended work while ill, study finds
More than 80 per cent of nurses and midwives reported for work at some stage over the last year while feeling unwell, a new study has found. «Irish Times, Jul 15»
2
Russell Wilson, Seahawks negotiations ongoing: Bonus …
Per a report on Saturday by Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, the Seahawks have a $21 million per year offer out to quarterback Russell Wilson, ... «Field Gulls, Jul 15»
3
Cavaliers trade Brendan Haywood, Mike Miller to Trail Blazers, per
... the Cavs last season. Miller, also 35, appeared in 52 games and made 15 starts. He averaged 2.1 points per game on 32.1 percent shooting. «SB Nation, Jul 15»
4
Grateful Dead farewell concerts set pay-per-view record
The Grateful Dead's series of farewell concerts broke pay-per-view records with a monster 400,000 subscriptions, proving that Deadheads are ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
5
Shabazz Napier traded to Magic, per report
Napier averaged 5.1 points, 2.5 assists and 2.2 rebounds in 19.8 minutes per game in his first year in the league. He played in 51 games. «SB Nation, Jul 15»
6
Atlas Iron shares drop 69 per cent
Atlas Iron shares had plunged 8.3 cents to 3.7 cents as of 1020 AEST on Monday, having traded at 12 cents per share prior to their suspension. «Sky News Australia, Jul 15»
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Capacity utilisation at thermal plants touches new low of 59 per cent …
KOLKATA: India's thermal plants touched a new low of 59 per cent in capacity utilisation in June, a level that experts said will make it difficult for ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
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Austin Nichols to transfer from Memphis to Virginia, per report
A former five-star recruit, Nichols averaged 13.3 points and 6.1 rebounds per game as a sophomore for Memphis last season. Nichols will be ... «SB Nation, Jul 15»
9
37 per cent of Hong Kong kindergarten pupils have rotten teeth …
The University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Dentistry found that two out of five children, or 37 per cent of the 23,000 pupils it examined in the last ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
10
Aussies spend about $150 per romantic date - eHarmony
New research by online dating site, eHarmony, revealing that across the nation Aussies are spending a staggering $25.7 billion per year on ... «Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, Jul 15»

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