Category:Per

Per, prep. Etym: [l. Cf. Far, for-, pardon, and cf. Par, prep.]

Defn: 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. Per annum, by the year; in each Successive year; annually. -- per cent, per centum, by the hundred; in the hundred; -- used Esp. of proportions of ingredients, rate or amount of interest, and The like; commonly used in the shortened form per cent. -- per diem, by the day. [for other phrases from the latin, see Quotations, phrases, etc., from foreign languages, in the Supplement.]