per: Meaning and Definition of

per

1. for each; for every: Membership costs ten dollars per year. This cloth is two dollars per yard.
2. by means of; by; through: I am sending the recipe per messenger.
3. according to; in accordance with: I delivered the box per your instructions.

1. each; for each one: The charge for window-washing was five dollars per.

per-

1. a prefix meaning “through,” “thoroughly,” “utterly,” “very”: pervert; pervade; perfect.
2. a prefix used in the names of inorganic acids and their salts that possess the maximum amount of the element specified in the base word:(HCO), permanganic (HMnO), persulfuric (HSO), acids; potassium permanganate (KMnO); potassium persulfate (KSO). percarbonic

Per.

1. Persia.
2. Persian.

per.

1. percentile.
2. period.
3. person.