APIECE

each, to each one, for each one, from each one, apiece

(adverb) to or from every one of two or more (considered individually); “they received $10 each”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

apiece (not comparable)

Each by itself; for or to each one

Source: Wiktionary


A*piece", adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + piece.]

Definition: Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece. "Fined . . . a thousand pounds apiece." Hume.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

23 April 2024

GRADUAL

(noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass


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