apiece
/əˈpiːs
/adverb
To, 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
- kingklip
- small-endian
- smallest room
- small-eyed
- small fish
- small fleabane
- small folk
- small-for-dates
- small forward
- small fruit
- small fry
- small game
- small-gang
- small girl
- smallgoods
- small government
- small grain
- small hand
- small hartwort
- small-headed
- small helm
- small help
- smallholder
- smallholding
- small hours