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apiece
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a·piece
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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 Middle English
a pease.
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apiece
(əˈpiːs)
—
adv
(
postpositive
) for, to, or from each one:
they were given two apples apiece
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
apiece
1550s, a contraction of a pece (mid-15c.), originally of coins, objects for sale, etc. (see
piece
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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