Per

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·prep 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 itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words.

Related Words

per
per, prep. with acc. (by solecism with abl. PER QVO, = whereby, Inscr. Miseni Repert. ex a. p. Chr. ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
per
per praep.with acc.I 1 PAR-. I I. In space, through, across, through the midst of, from side to s...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Per-
·- A prefix used to signify through, throughout, by, for, or as an intensive as perhaps, by hap or c...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Per diem
·add. ·- By the day; substantively (chiefly U. S.), an allowance or amount of so much by the day. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
per-centage
A proportional sum by which insurance, brokerage, freight, del credere, &c., are paid. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
cent per cent
An usurer. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
sus per coll
Hanged: persons who have been hanged are thus entered into the jailor's books. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose