apiece

CEFRC1

/əˈpiːs/

adverb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adverb

    For each person or item in a group.

  2. 02

    adverb

    Extra detail

    An undetermined distance.

Examples

  • Our babysitter gave us a chocolate bar apiece.

  • The tickets cost 20 yen apiece.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • /əˈpis/

Deep Dive

adverb

Extra meaning
  1. Each by itself; for or to each one.

More examples

In context
  • These melons cost a dollar apiece.

  • Near-synonyms: piecewise, piecemeal; individually, singly

  • The engines were built in the Doncaster works at what I believe to have been the low cost, even for those days, of £2,500 apiece, [...].

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The museum tickets cost fifteen dollars blank, so two tickets cost thirty.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adverb

From Middle English a pece. By surface analysis, univerbation of a + piece.