apiece
Use Apiece in a sentence
adverb
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each: We ate an orange apiece. The cakes cost a dollar apiece.
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| —adv | |
| (postpositive) for, to, or from each one: they were given two apples apiece | |
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Apiece
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
apiece
1550s, a contraction of a pece (mid-15c.), originally of coins, objects for sale, etc. (see piece).
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Example sentences
Had it taken twice that dose, or two shots apiece, half as many people could have received the vaccine.
The devices begin at fifteen hundred dollars apiece.
Each had half a dozen crew working two lines apiece and pulling in flapping, four-foot snoek one after the other.
He expects that the semiconductors will cost less than a penny apiece, making them more viable than conventional bar codes.
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