'PER' definitions:
Definition of 'Per'
From: GCIDE
- Per \Per\, prep. [L. Cf. Far, For-, Pardon, and cf. Par, 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. [1913 Webster]
- Per annum, by the year; in each successive year; annually.
- per cent, Per centum, percent, by the hundred; in the hundred; a proportion multiplied by one hundred; -- used esp. of proportions of ingredients, rate or amount of interest, and the like; most commonly used in the shortened form per cent; as, 5 is ten per cent of 50. It is commonly symbolized with the per cent sign, "%".
- Per diem, by the day. [For other phrases from the Latin, see Quotations, Phrases, etc., from Foreign Languages, in the Supplement.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'per'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodated to,
- according to,
- adapted to,
- adjusted to,
- after,
- agreeable to,
- agreeably to,
- all,
- answerable to,
- aside,
- by,
- by dint of,
- by means of,
- by use of,
- by virtue of,
- by way of,
- conformable to,
- congruent with,
- consistent with,
- each,
- for each,
- hereby,
- herewith,
- in accordance with,
- in agreement with,
- in compliance with,
- in conformity with,
- in correspondence to,
- in harmony with,
- in keeping with,
- in line with,
- in lock-step with,
- in obedience to,
- in step with,
- in uniformity with,
- in virtue of,
- on,
- per capita,
- proper to,
- suitable for,
- thanks to,
- thereby,
- therewith,
- through,
- uniform with,
- upon,
- vagabond,
- via,
- whereby,
- wherewith,
- wherewithal,
- with
Acronyms for 'per'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Packed Encoding Rules (ASN.1)
- Program Event Recording
Words containing 'PER'
- Per-,
- Pers,
- Per annum,
- Per centum,
- Per diem,
- Per salt,
- per capita,
- per cent,
- per se,
- per year,
- Ethiops per se,
- beats per minute,
- bits per inch,
- bits per second,
- charge per unit,
- count per minute,
- cycle per second,
- earning per share,
- gigacycle per second,
- kilocycle per second,
- kilometers per hour,
- kilometres per hour,
- megacycle per second,
- miles per gallon,
- miles per hour,
- per capita income,
- precipitate per se,
- revolutions per minute,
- words per minute,
- force per unit area,
- million instructions per second,
- pounds per square inch,
- million floating point operations per second,
- trillion floating point operations per second