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apiece - 4 dictionary results

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
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.]

Apiece

A*piece"\, adv. [Pref. a- + piece.] Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece. "Fined . . . a thousand pounds apiece." --Hume.
Language Translation for : apiece
Spanish: cada uno, por cabeza,
German: pro Person,
Japanese: めいめいに

apiece 
1556, a contraction of a pece (1465), originally of coins, objects for sale, etc. (see piece).
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