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per

per

202 1.0
As a person, rule, or document says
  • adposition
  • /pɜr/
translation icon : según
  • Finish him as per our agreement.

And you're limiting conditions as per the Army, right?

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Examples

  • One result is that Mississippi is allocated more federal money per capita than any state.

    Academic text (1990)
  • I understand you are seeking a roommate, as per your ad in The Village Voice.

  • That is classified per the White House.

  • I understand you are seeking a roommate, as per your ad in the Village Voice.

  • Major changes relate to the monetary amount that farmers receive per animal eligible for subsidy payment.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Kuwait has the highest per capita income in the region at $22,110.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Per the court's order, you're to report here and stay until 5.30.

  • - So, as per your request, we are going to stop the machine momentarily in order to see if her body's able to breathe on its own.

  • Per your instructions I've assembled the top-tier of talent across multiple movement disciplines.

  • For Jordan, GDP per capita increased from $450 in 1980 to about $730 in 1983.

    Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

according to
vsper
1.0

As someone or something says

is used when following a person's direction or instruction rather than just reporting
pursuant
vsper
  • Formal
50 7.6

Following a law, rule, or official document

is used more generally to mean following someone's instruction not only formal rules

Idioms

per se
  • Formal
78 7.5

By itself, without considering other things

per annum
  • Formal
7 4.2

Each year, often used when talking about money amounts

Compounds

169 1.0

How often something happens in one year, often for an amount of money

A measure of speed showing how many miles you travel in one hour

57 3.5

For each person in a group

How far a car can travel on one gallon of fuel

per capita income
  • Specialized
11 4.1

Average amount of money each person gets in a place during a year

per diem
  • Specialized
9 6.4

Money paid each day to cover travel expenses

The number of kilometers you travel in one hour

7 3.4

A unit that measures pressure equal to one pound of force on one square inch

earning per share
  • Specialized
5 5.5

The profit a company makes for each share of its stock

beats per minute
  • Specialized
5 2.7

Number of times the heart beats in one minute to measure pulse

A measure of speed that shows how many kilometers something moves in one second

For each home as an amount or rate

words per minute
  • Specialized
3 2.5

The number of words read, spoken, or typed in one minute

2 4.1

A unit for frequency equal to one complete cycle in one second

1 3.5

The number of turns something makes in one minute

bits per second
  • Specialized
1 2.8

A unit that shows how many small pieces of information called bits are sent every second

per curiam
  • Formal
1 9.9

A court decision made by all judges without saying who wrote it

1 6.9

For each day

beats per minute
  • Specialized
3.1

Number of beats in music in one minute that shows a song's speed

A measure of how many billion math calculations a computer does each second

bits per inch
  • Specialized
5.1

A measure of how many bits are stored in each inch of a tape or disk

The cost for each item or unit used

Number of events that happen in one minute

force per unit area
  • Specialized
4.9

How hard a force pushes on each small part of a surface

7.2

A unit equal to one thousand cycles per second, now called kilohertz

How many liters of fuel a car uses to drive 100 kilometers

6.2

A unit equal to one million cycles per second for measuring radio frequencies

A measure of how fast a computer does one million math calculations each second

A unit for measuring how fast a computer processor runs, equal to one million instructions per second

4.9

A measure of cycles per second equal to one billion

A number that shows how much out of every hundred

per curiam
  • Formal
9.9

Made by a court as a whole without naming any judge

A measure of computer speed equal to one trillion math calculations every second

Surface Forms

per main

Etymology

Per comes from the Latin word per meaning 'through' or 'by'. So when you say something happened per the manager's decision, you mean 'according to' or 'by' that decision.