per capita

[ per kap-i-tuh ]

/ pər ˈkæp ɪ tə /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR per capita ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective, adverb

by or for each individual person: income per capita.

Law. noting or pertaining to a method of dividing an estate by which all those equally related to the decedent take equal shares individually without regard to the number of lines of descent.Compare per stirpes.

Origin of per capita

1675–85; <Latin: literally, by heads

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH per capita

per annum, per capita , per diem

Words nearby per capita

perborax, perboric acid, Perbunan, percale, percaline, per capita, perceivable, perceive, perceived noise decibel, percent, percentage

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Example sentences from the Web for per capita

By the early 1980s, the UK's per-capita GDP was lower than that of Italy.
Thatcher's Economic Legacy|Megan McArdle|April 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But by 1920, American per-capita GDP exceeded that of the British Isles.
American Household Gadget Exceptionalism|Megan McArdle|February 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
To be sure, Canada is a rich country, on a per-capita basis, and its population tends to be clustered along the border.
Is Canada Having a Housing Bubble? And is It Popping?|Megan McArdle|January 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Behold the rate of per-capita cost growth in the OECD from 2004-2010.
Do We Have a Spending Problem, or a Health Care Problem?|Megan McArdle|January 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST

The data reflect deaths by suicide for 2007, ranked by per-capita rate.
The Most Suicidal States|The Daily Beast|October 1, 2010|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for per capita

per capita

/ (pə ˈkæpɪtə) /

adjective, adverb

of or for each person

Word Origin for per capita

Latin, literally: according to heads

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for per capita

per capita

[ (puhr kap-i-tuh) ]

A Latin phrase literally meaning “by heads,” and translated as “for each person.” It is a common unit for expressing data in statistics. A country's per capita personal income, for example, is the average personal income per person.

单词	per capita
释义	per capita [ per kap-i-tuh ] / pər ˈkæp ɪ tə / SEE SYNONYMS FOR per capita ON THESAURUS.COM adjective, adverb by or for each individual person: income per capita. Law. noting or pertaining to a method of dividing an estate by which all those equally related to the decedent take equal shares individually without regard to the number of lines of descent.Compare per stirpes. Origin of per capita 1675–85; <Latin: literally, by heads WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH per capita per annum, per capita , per diem Words nearby per capita perborax, perboric acid, Perbunan, percale, percaline, per capita, perceivable, perceive, perceived noise decibel, percent, percentage Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for per capita By the early 1980s, the UK's per-capita GDP was lower than that of Italy. Thatcher's Economic Legacy\|Megan McArdle\|April 8, 2013\|DAILY BEAST But by 1920, American per-capita GDP exceeded that of the British Isles. American Household Gadget Exceptionalism\|Megan McArdle\|February 7, 2013\|DAILY BEAST To be sure, Canada is a rich country, on a per-capita basis, and its population tends to be clustered along the border. Is Canada Having a Housing Bubble? And is It Popping?\|Megan McArdle\|January 15, 2013\|DAILY BEAST Behold the rate of per-capita cost growth in the OECD from 2004-2010. Do We Have a Spending Problem, or a Health Care Problem?\|Megan McArdle\|January 7, 2013\|DAILY BEAST The data reflect deaths by suicide for 2007, ranked by per-capita rate. The Most Suicidal States\|The Daily Beast\|October 1, 2010\|DAILY BEAST British Dictionary definitions for per capita per capita / (pə ˈkæpɪtə) / adjective, adverb of or for each person Word Origin for per capita Latin, literally: according to heads Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to per capita proportionately Cultural definitions for per capita per capita [ (puhr kap-i-tuh) ] A Latin phrase literally meaning “by heads,” and translated as “for each person.” It is a common unit for expressing data in statistics. A country's per capita personal income, for example, is the average personal income per person. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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per capita

adjective, adverb

Origin of per capita

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH per capita

Words nearby per capita

Example sentences from the Web for per capita

British Dictionary definitions for per capita

adjective, adverb

Word Origin for per capita

Words related to per capita

Cultural definitions for per capita