per cap·i·ta

[per kap-i-tuh] .
noun
1.
by or for each individual person: income per capita.
2.
Law. noting or pertaining to a method of dividing an estate by which all those equally related to the decedent take equal shares individually without regard to the number of lines of descent.
Compare per stirpes.

Origin:
1675–85; < Latin: literally, by heads

Can be confused: per annum, per capita, per diem.
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per capita (pə ˈkæpɪtə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—adj, —adv
of or for each person
 
[Latin, literally: according to heads]

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Word Origin & History

per capita
1682, from L., lit. "by the head," from per (see per) + capita "head" (see capital).
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per capita [(puhr kap-i-tuh)]

A Latin phrase literally meaning “by heads,” and translated as “for each person.” It is a common unit for expressing data in statistics. A country's per capita personal income, for example, is the average personal income per person.

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Example sentences
Growth in per capita gdp is one way of saying reducing poverty.
It is a fact that the number of scooters per capita is higher.
Reducing per capita consumption causes economic shrinkage and unemployment.
In contrast, he says a wealthy city can a have a high-consumption lifestyle but
  low per capita production emissions.
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