per

prepfor each

prepby means of

Synonyms for per

prep for each

Word Origin & History

1580s (earlier in various Latin and French phrases), from Latin per "through, during, by means of, on account of, as in," from PIE root *per- (1) "Base of prepositions and preverbs with the basic meanings of 'forward,' 'through,' and a wide range of extended senses such as 'in front of,' 'before,' 'early,' 'first,' 'chief,' 'toward,' 'against,' 'near,' 'at,' 'around'" [Watkins]. Cf. Sanskrit pari- "around, about, through," pura "before, formerly;" Avestan pairi- "around," paro "before;" Old Persian pariy; Hittite para- "on, forth;" Greek peri "around, about, near, beyond," paros "before," para "from beside, beyond," pro "before;" Latin pro "before, for, on behalf of, instead of," porro "forward," prae "before;" Old English fore (prep.) "before, in front of;" (adv.) "before, previously;" German vor "for;" Old Church Slavonic pra-dedu "great-grandfather;" Russian pere- "through;" Lithuanian per "through;" Old Irish air- Gothic fair-, German ver-, Old English fer-, intensive prefixes.

Example Sentences for per

The first of these motives is a stream of copious abuse, as in Per.

It is a fortunate grocer who is able to collect 80 per cent.

It gave a residue on ignition amounting only to 1.6 per cent.

This would be a sustaining capacity of 48 pounds per horsepower.

Here we have the equivalent of exactly 24 pounds per horsepower.

In 1810 there were 58,046, an increase of seventy-five per cent.

If we carry the election, your property will rise twenty per cent.

Why, the demand for eligible males is three hundred per cent.

There was no twenty-five per cent dirt admixture about it at all.

This represents as near 20 per mille of chlorine as possible.

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More words related to per

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each

through

via

Synonyms for per

apiece