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apiece /əˈpiːs /adverbTo, for, or by each one of a group (used after a noun or an amount): we sold 385 prints at £10 apiece...- A large crowd watched a very competitive decider and the sides finished level at two goals apiece.
- The home side held their own with one of the league favourites as both teams retired two goals apiece at the break.
- A goal apiece in the extra period meant the teams still couldn't be separated.
Synonyms each, respectively, per item; individually, separately informal a throw formal severally Origin Late Middle English: from a1 + piece. Rhymes anis, Berenice, caprice, cassis, cease, coulisse, crease, Dumfries, fils, fleece, geese, grease, Greece, kris, lease, Lucrece, MacNeice, Matisse, McAleese, Nice, niece, obese, peace, pelisse, police, Rees, Rhys, set piece, sublease, surcease, two-piece, underlease |