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| | 'PER' @ encyclopaediaOnline: the FREE online encyclopaedia (encyclopedia), dictionary, and grammar reference site |
 | | 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. |
 | | by the hundred; in the hundred; used esp. of proportions of ingredients, rate or amount of interest, and the like; commonly used in the shortened form per cent. |
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