单词 | per annum |
释义 | per annumadv. (So much) by the year, for or in each year, every year, yearly. Esp. with reference to a sum of money paid or received. Abbreviated p.a., per ann. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [adverb] yearlyeOE by yeara1382 year by yeara1393 from year to yearc1400 per annum1531 strawberry-wise1548 annuallya1555 per ann.1610 anniversarilya1631 twelvemonthly1847 1531 Bursar's Bk. Durh. (1844) 98 Willelmus Potter, bagman..per annum xiis. 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 89 The professor in diuinity, hath per annum 1125 florens. 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 152 At present there is at least five hundred pounds per Annum, paid. 1713 R. Sutton Despatch 26 May in A. N. Kurat Despatches of Sir R. Sutton (1953) 175 They demanded the Reestablishment of the usual Pension of 40,000 Ducats per annum. 1755 B. Franklin Observ. conc. Increase Mankind 3 in W. Clarke Observ. Late & Present Conduct French There is but one Marriage per Annum. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. xvi. 176 A clear ten thousand per annum . View more context for this quotation 1886 D. C. Murray Cynic Fortune xii An income of a hundred pounds per annum. 1955 K. Hutton & A. Swallow Chem. for Gen. Sci. x. 131 The world production [of Washing Soda] is over 4 million tons per annum. 1991 R. Rendell Kissing Gunner's Daughter (1992) xx. 250 There are also the royalties from Miss Flory's books..,amounting to some fifteen thousand pounds per annum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1531 |
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