PER


Meaning of PER in English

preposition

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

$15/5 grams/50 etc per day (= used when saying how much someone earns or is paid each day )

They get about £45 per day.

50%/100 per cent etc cotton

These lightweight trousers are made from 100% cotton.

cost sth per head (= per person )

The meal will cost about £20 per head.

cost sth per minute/hour/year etc

Calls cost only 2p per minute.

cost sth per person

There’s a one-day course that costs £80 per person.

miles per gallon

The car does about 50 miles per gallon .

miles per hour

He was driving at 70 miles per hour .

per annum

a salary of $40,000 per annum

per capita

the country’s per capita income

per diem

workers who are paid per diem

per diem

a per diem allowance

per se

The color of the shell per se does not affect the quality of the egg.

per second

Ultrasonic waves travel at around 300 metres per second .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a head/per head

The meal will cost $7 a head .

as per usual

Alicia was late, as per usual .

He said he'd phone, but he won't. As per usual !

I'm in trouble at work, as per usual .

She was three hours late as per usual .

Same old jolly camp-fire life went on as per usual .

take home £120 per week/$600 a month etc

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

My car gets about 30 miles per gallon.

Oranges are 39 cents per pound.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.