per

noun

(stock market) Initialism of price-earnings ratio. [(finance) The ratio of share price to earnings per share used as an indication of the relative value of the share.]

(nutrition) Initialism of protein efficiency ratio.

adjective

(rare, nonstandard) Belonging to per, their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with gendered his and her.

Roots

perper- · Latin · through, for each

Synonyms for per

eachadj

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