perpreposition
ukstrong /pɜːr/weak /pər/us/pɝː//pɚ/A2 used when expressing rates, prices, or measurements to mean "for each":
The meal will cost $20 per person.
The car was travelling at 70 miles per hour (70 mph).
There are more cafés per square mile here than anywhere else in the country.
See also
percent
More examples
- They cut 2p per litre off the price of unleaded petrol.
- It costs a staggering $50,000 per week to keep the museum open to the public.
- In China, the policy of one child per family was introduced to stabilize the country's population at 1.6 billion.
- The train sped along at over 120 miles per hour.
- The computer screen displays 80 characters per line.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: both, all, each & every
- a
- all
- all
- any
- apiece
- both
- each
- either
- every
- every minute idiom
- pan
- pop
- strength
- the
- throw
- to
- whole
Idiom(s)
as per instructions
as per usual/normal