per capitaadverb, adjective
uk/pə ˈkæp.ɪ.tə/us/pɝ ˈkæp.ɪ.t̬ə/formalIf you express an amount per capita, you mean that amount for each person:
France and Germany invest far more per capita in public transport than Britain.
The per capita income in the country is very low.
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Particular and individual
- be the very thing idiom
- certain
- esp
- especially
- head
- individual
- individualism
- individualist
- one-trick pony
- particular
- particularity
- peculiar
- peculiarity
- peculiarly
- personal
- pet
- singly
- specifically
- the UN
- to wit idiom
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