# per hour

idiom · CEFR A2

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/per-hour
Updated: 2026-04-22

## Meaning

This means 'for each hour' or 'every hour'. You use it to talk about speed, payment, or how often something happens in one hour.

## Examples

- The worker earns twenty dollars per 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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