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Webster 1913 Edition
Per
Per
,p
rep.
Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each;
as,
. per
annum; per
capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per
curiam, by the court; per
se, by itself, of itselfPer
is also sometimes used with English words. Per annum
, by the year; in each successive year; annually.
– per cent
, Per centum
, percent
by the hundred; in the hundred; a proportion multiplied by one hundred; – used esp. of proportions of ingredients, rate or amount of interest, and the like; most commonly used in the shortened form
– per cent
; as, 5 is ten
. It is commonly symbolized with the per cent sign, “%”. per cent
of 50Per diem
, by the day.
[For other phrases from the Latin, see Quotations, Phrases, etc., from Foreign Languages, in the Supplement.] Webster 1828 Edition
Per
PER
, a Latin preposition, denoting through, passing,or over the whole extent, as in perambulo. Hence it is sometimes equivalent to very in English, as in peracutus, very sharp. As a prefix, in English, it retains these significations, and in chimistry it is used to denote very of fully, to the utmost extent, as in peroxyd,a substance oxydated to the utmost degree.Per is used also for by, as per bearer, by the bearer.
Per annum, [L.] by the year; in each year successively.
Per se, [L.] by himself; by itself; by themselves.