per B1 Topic:Grammar & Function Words US /pɝ/ UK /pɜː/ See IPA manual Homophones purr /pɝ/ Freq #2031 Meanings 1 prep For each. Admission is £10 per person. 2 prep In each, used when expressing rates or ratios. The car was travelling at sixty miles per hour. 3 prep According to or in accordance with. I parked the car at the curb per your request. Thesaurus Synonyms aaneeypshisietheyze Word family Derived forms kmphpay-per-clickpay-per-installpay-per-viewper-rectalperhapspermyriadperself Related forms per- Etymology AI details Clipping of person, coined by American novelist and poet Marge Piercy in Woman on the Edge of Time (1979) Topics Grammar & Function Words External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # per **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** prep **IPA (US):** /pɝ/ **IPA (UK):** /pɜː/ **Frequency rank:** 2031 ## Meanings 1. For each. 2. In each, used when expressing rates or ratios. 3. According to or in accordance with. ## Examples - Admission is £10 per person. - The car was travelling at sixty miles per hour. - I parked the car at the curb per your request. ## Synonyms - a - an - e - ey - p - shi - sie - they - ze ## Derived Forms - kmph - pay-per-click - pay-per-install - pay-per-view - per-rectal - perhaps - permyriad - perself ## Related Forms - per- ## Etymology Clipping of person, coined by American novelist and poet Marge Piercy in Woman on the Edge of Time (1979) ## AI Etymology Per is a clipping of person, coined by American novelist and poet Marge Piercy in Woman on the Edge of Time (1979). In present-day English it covers for each, in each, used when expressing rates or ratios, and according to or in accordance with. The wider family includes derived forms such as kmph, pay-per-click, pay-per-install, pay-per-view, per-rectal and related forms such as per-. ## Topics - Grammar & Function Words markdown