per

1. 1

   For each.

   • Admission is £10 per person.
   • miles per gallon
2. 2

   To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).

   • 12 inches per foot
   • 100 centimeters per meter
3. 3

   By the, through the (with name of body part in Latin).

   • Introduce the endoscope per nasum.
   • The medication is to be administered per os.
4. 4

   In accordance with, as per.

   • I parked my car at the curb per your request.
   • Implement a program that computes the approximate grade level needed to comprehend some text, per the below.
5. 5

   According to.

   • Bucks trading for Patrick Beverley, per sources
   • The Heat were too close to the luxury tax line -- $1.6 million over before this trade, per ESPN's Bobby Marks

syn. p · p. · / · ⅌ · an · a

1. 1

   They (singular). Gender-neutral neologistic third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.gender-neutralnominativenonstandard

   • 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 wi
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   Them (singular) Neologistic gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, suggested for use in place of him and her.gender-neutralnominativenonstandard

   • "Kalypso!" I call out as phe disappears on the horizon. I did not know it, but I loved per.
   • 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 per as a non-gendered person.

syn. they · ey · e · sie · shi · ze

1. 1

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

   • 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 per as a non-gendered person.