The worker earns twenty dollars per hour.
per hour
idiomThis means 'for each hour' or 'every hour'. You use it to talk about speed, payment, or how often something happens in one hour.
The rental car costs ten dollars per hour, so we should return it quickly to save money.
The heavy rain fell at a rate of two inches per hour, causing the local river to rise dangerously above its banks.
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