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APIECE

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a⋅piece

[uh-pees]
–adverb
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each: We ate an orange apiece. The cakes cost a dollar apiece.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME a pease. See a 2 , piece
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a·piece   (ə-pēs')   
adv.  To or for each one; each: There is enough bread for everyone to have two slices apiece.

[Middle English a pece : a, a; see a2 + pece, piece; see piece.]
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Word Origin & History

apiece 
1556, a contraction of a pece (1465), originally of coins, objects for sale, etc. (see piece).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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