Per (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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preposition
  1. for each; for every: Membership costs ten dollars per year. This cloth is two dollars per yard.
  2. by means of; by; through: I am sending the recipe per messenger.
  3. according to; in accordance with: I delivered the box per your instructions.He managed to monopolize the meeting, per usual.
adverb
  1. each; for each one: The charge for window-washing was five dollars per.
  1. a prefix meaning “through,” “thoroughly,” “utterly,” “very”: pervert; pervade; perfect.
  2. a prefix used in the names of inorganic acids and their salts that possess the maximum amount of the element specified in the base word: percarbonic (H2C2O5), permanganic (HMnO4), persulfuric (H2S2O8), acids; potassium permanganate (KMnO4); potassium persulfate (K2S2O8).
abbreviation
  1. percentile.
  2. period.
  3. person.
abbreviation
  1. Persia.
  2. Persian.
determiner
  1. for every
preposition
  1. (esp in some Latin phrases) by; through
  2. according to
  3. as usual
abbreviation for (in Britain)
  1. Professional Employment Register
prefix
  1. through
  2. throughout
  3. away, beyond
  4. completely, throughly
  5. (intensifier)
  6. indicating that a chemical compound contains a high proportion of a specified element
  7. indicating that a chemical element is in a higher than usual state of oxidation
  8. (not in technical usage) a variant of peroxy- persulphuric acid
Per (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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