Question 1 · Quick check
apiece
CEFRC1
/əˈpiːs/
adverb
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In plain English
- 01
adverb
For each person or item in a group.
- 02
adverb
Extra detailAn 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 meaningEach by itself; for or to each one.
More examples
In contextThese 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, [...].
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Origin
adverb
From Middle English a pece. By surface analysis, univerbation of a + piece.