apiece
English
Etymology
From Middle English a pece, equivalent to a + piece.[1][2]
Adverb
apiece (not comparable)
- Each by itself; for or to each one
- These melons cost a dollar apiece.
- 1943 January and February, Chas. S. Lake, “Some C.M.Es. I Have Known: IV—H. A. Ivatt”, in Railway Magazine, page 30:
- The engines were built in the Doncaster works at what I believe to have been the low cost, even for those days, of £2,500 apiece, [...].
- (Maine) An undetermined distance.
Translations
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References
- “apiece”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/apiece
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “apiece”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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