ends with the letters 'er'.
ends with the letters 'ere'.
Definition of 'PER' not 'PER'
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Preposition
(
en-prep)
for each
- Admission is £10 per person.
to each, in each ((used in expressing ratios of units))
- miles per gallon
- beats per minute
(medicine) via (the), by (the), through (the) (followed by Latin name for an orifice)
- Introduce the endoscope per nasum.
- The medication is to be administered per os.
in accordance with
- I parked my car at the curb per your request.
Usage notes
* The preposition per is typically followed by a singular noun phrase with no determiner.
*: Take one pill per''' day.'' not ''Take one pill '''per a day.
* It is sometimes followed by plural noun phrases, almost always determined by 100, 1,000, 100,000, etc.
*: The abortion rate in the U.S. has dropped since 1980 from nearly 30 per 1,000 women of childbearing age to less than 20.
Derived terms
* per accidens
* per annum
* per anum
* per capita
* per cent
* per consequens
* per contra
* per curiam
* per diem
*
* per impossibile
* per incuriam
* per interim
* per maistrie
* per mensem
*
* per minima
* per my et per tout
* per orem
*
* per pares
* per primam
* per primam intentionem
* per procurationem
* per quod
* per saltum
* per se
* per stirpes
Related terms
* per- (as in perfect, perfection and perplex)
Etymology 2
shortening of (person), coined by Marge Piercy in (1979)
Pronoun
(neologism) they (singular).
* 1997 April 22, "Anthony and Joy Hilbert" (username), "ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules", in alt.sex.bondage, Usenet :
- This is the same place the Houghtons came from? The place where someone we interacted with thought of going into law as a profession, decided per' couldn't because '''per''' was a bdsmer, and most of the USAmerican bdsmers ' per was discussing it with agreed with per?
(neologism) them (singular)
* 1997 April 22, "Anthony and Joy Hilbert" (username), "ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules", in alt.sex.bondage, Usenet :
- This is the same place the Houghtons came from? The place where someone we interacted with thought of going into law as a profession, decided per couldn't because per was a bdsmer, and most of the USAmerican bdsmers per was discussing it with agreed with per ?
* {{quote-web
| year = 1998
| first = Katherine
| last = Phelps
| title = Odysseus, She
| site = Storytronics
| url = http://www.glasswings.com.au/Storytronics/Odysseus/wash/washframe.htm
| passage = "Kalypso!" I call out as phe disappears on the horizon. I did not know it, but I loved
per .
}}
* {{quote-book
| date = 2006-11-15
| author = Richard Ekins, Dave King
| title = The transgender phenomenon
| publisher = Sage Publications
| isbn = 9780761971634
| id =
| lccn = 2006920988
| page = 160
| passage = Whereas Christie had flirted with a lesbian identity prior to surgery, following surgery Christie found perself able to pursue attraction to men, provided they related to
per as a non-gendered person.
}}
Derived terms
* (neologism) perself
Synonyms
* (singular) they
* (neologism) ey, e, sie, shi, ze
Hyponyms
* (as subject) he, she
* (as object) him, her
Adjective
(head)
(neologism) Belonging to per, their (singular).
* {{quote-book
| year = 2006
| author = Richard Ekins, Dave King
| title = The transgender phenomenon
| publisher = Sage Publications
| isbn = 9780761971634
| id =
| lccn = 2006920988
| page = 160
| passage = Whereas Christie had flirted with a lesbian identity prior to surgery, following surgery Christie found perself able to pursue per attraction to men, provided they related to as a non-gendered person.
}}
Derived terms
* (neologism) pers
Synonyms
* (singular) their
* (neologism) eir, hir
Hyponyms
* his, her
See also
* other gender-neutral pronouns
Statistics
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