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apiece

adv. degree
C1 Advanced US //əˈpis// UK //ɐpˈiːs// apiece

adv. for each person or thing in a group. You use this after a number to show the price or amount for every single item.

adv. to or for each individual person or item in a set. Typically follows the numeral or noun phrase it modifies.


SIMPLE

The tickets cost twenty dollars apiece.

CONTEXTUAL

The two companies were fined five million dollars apiece for their roles in the price-fixing scandal.

COMPLEX

The antique chairs were sold for three hundred pounds apiece, a price that reflected their excellent condition and historical significance.

Synonyms
Origin

From Middle English a pece. By surface analysis, univerbation of a + piece.

Usage

Always follows the noun or number it refers to; it cannot be used at the start of a sentence.

Pitfall

They cost apiece ten dollarsThey cost ten dollars apieceApiece must follow the quantity or price it modifies, rather than preceding it.

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