per
[pər]
Definition:
1. To express rates and ratios.
2. Used to express the cost or amount of something for each person, number used, distance travelled, etc.
Use 'per' in a sentence:
- I still don't feel a hundred per cent.
- His salary has been cut by ten per cent.
- Per capita income rose sharply last year.
- My family supports me one hundred per cent.
- The price is$ 40 per person.
- Inflation fell to just over 4 per cent.
- The game's selling price was $15 per unit.
- This switch controls the number of rotations per minute.
- The price is $40 per person.
- Social Security refused to pay her more than £17 per week.
- Here is your bill; we've added on the five per cent service charge.
- The work was carried out as per instructions.
- Families with children spend proportionally less per person than families without children.
- Buses and trains use much less fuel per person than cars.
- Phone calls cost 20c per unit off-peak.
- Text and graphics are printed at 300 dots per inch.
- About 68 per cent of illegitimate births were jointly registered by both parents.
- Income per head rose perceptibly.
- An important statistic is that 94 per cent of crime relates to property.
- Interest on this sum of money is charged at 1.5 per cent monthly.
- The hotel costs € 65 per person per night.
- The outpatient programme costs $105 per day, all inclusive.
- The price per pound works out at $3.20.
- The net income per head rose by about 16 percent in the past three years.
- Their profits have fallen by 30 per cent.
- The increase will not be in excess of two per cent.
- Poor families spend about 80 to 90 per cent of their income on food.
- The Cambodian currency was effectively devalued by 25 per cent.
- Rooms cost £50 per person, per night.
- I approached an Intourist official, as per instructions.
- As a rough guide, allow half a cup of rice per person.
- Top speed is 120 miles per hour.
- The per unit area yield of ginned cotton has increased by 10 % over last year.
- Your car, per Mary , has reached me.
- In this area the per mu yield of wheat for an average year is 500 jin.
- When they reach here they complain that they are not being paid as per the agreement.
- I'm not a hundred per cent sure.
- Everyone blamed me as per usual.
- The game's selling price was$ 15 per unit.
- This spirit contains 50 per cent alcohol.
- The meat ration was down to one pound per person per week.
- The company went public at $21 per share.
- House prices rose five per cent last year.
- On this superhighway drivers should keep to a speed of over 80 miles per hour.
- Martha would consume nearly a pound of cheese per day.
- Every player gave a hundred per cent tonight.
- Rooms cost £ 50 per person, per night.
- We restrict the number of students per class to 10.
- The school is 95 per cent minority.
- There will be an increase in the range of 0 to 3 per cent.
- At least one supernova occurs per decade in our galaxy.
- Educational expenditure is often expressed in terms of the amount spent per student.
- You will need to complete three written assignments per semester.
- Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia.
- Profits have risen by 15 per cent compared with the corresponding period last year.
- Together we earn $60,000 per year.
- The water flows at about 1.5 metres per second.
- The population is increasing at about 6% per year.
- The population density of that country is 685 per square mile.
- Air travel will continue to grow at about 6% per year.
- The average citizen in the developed world uses over 155kg of paper per year.
- The cost should average out at about £ 6 per person.
- The basic pay of the average worker has risen by 3 per cent.
- We averaged 42 miles per hour.
- A career as an actor requires one hundred per cent commitment.
- The disease affects fully 30 per cent of the population.
- The system is not 100 per cent foolproof.
- The profits growth came on the back of a 26 per cent rise in sales.
- You bought goods per list price.
- It is often stated that we use only 10 per cent of our brain.
- Over ten per cent of the workforce is now idle.