noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   person

   "We will calculate the average per capita."

2. 2
   plural of caput form-of, plural

Synonyms

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Example

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"The per capita consumption of rice of Japanese people is about half of what it was fifty years ago."

Etymology

From the Latin capita, plural of caput.

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