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W1S3 [pə strong pə: $ pər strong pə:r] prep
[Date: 1300-1400; : Latin; Origin: 'through, by']
1.) per hour/day/week etc
during each hour etc
The park attracts 4 million visitors per year.
miles/kilometres per hour
(=used for measuring speed)
a speed limit of 40 miles per hour
2.) for each
How much does it cost per kilo?
rooms costing £40 per night
Admission is £9.95 per adult.
My car does 12 miles per litre (=for each litre of petrol) .
The meal cost $25 per head (=for or by each person) .
3.) as per sth
formal according to something
The work was carried out as per your instructions.
4.) as per usual/normal
spoken used when something annoying happens which has often happened before
Jenny was late, as per usual.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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