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[syn: per diem, by the day]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Per \Per\, prep. [L. Cf. Far, For-, Pardon, and cf. Par,
prep.]
Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for
each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to
individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of
itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words.
[1913 Webster]
Per annum, by the year; in each successive year; annually.
per cent, Per centum, percent, by the hundred; in the
hundred; a proportion multiplied by one hundred; -- used
esp. of proportions of ingredients, rate or amount of
interest, and the like; most commonly used in the
shortened form per cent; as, 5 is ten per cent of 50. It
is commonly symbolized with the per cent sign, "%".
Per diem, by the day. [For other phrases from the Latin,
see Quotations, Phrases, etc., from Foreign Languages, in
the Supplement.]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Per diem \Per di"em\ [L.]
By the day; substantively (chiefly U. S.), an allowance or
amount of so much by the day. Also used adjectivally; as, a
per diem allowance.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
per diem
adv 1: one every day; "we'll save 100 man-hours per diem" [syn:
per diem, by the day]
n 1: a daily allowance for living expenses (especially while
traveling in connection with your job)