What does "per" mean?

Initialism of protein efficiency ratio.

What is a synonym for "per"?

Common synonyms include: according to, /, a, accommodated to, adapted, adapted to.

//pɜː// adj, noun, prep, pron

adj, noun, prep, pron ·Common ·High school level

Noun

Adjective

1
Belonging to per, their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with gendered his and her. nonstandard, not-comparable, rare
"Whereas Christie had flirted with a lesbian identity prior to surgery, following surgery Christie found perself able to pursue per attraction to men, provided they related to per as a non-gendered person."

Preposition

1
For each.
"Admission is £10 per person."
2
To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).
"12 inches per foot"
3
By the, by means of the, via the, through the.
"Introduce the endoscope per nasum."
4
In accordance with, as per
"I parked my car at the curb per your request."
5
According to
"Bucks trading for Patrick Beverley, per sources"

Pronoun

1
They (singular). Gender-neutral neologistic third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she. gender-neutral, nominative, nonstandard, rare, singular, third-person
"This is the same place the Houghtons came from? The place where someone we interacted with thought of going into law as a profession, decided per couldn't because per was a bdsmer, and most of the USAmerican bdsmers per was discussing it with agreed with per?"
2
Them (singular) Neologistic gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, suggested for use in place of him and her. gender-neutral, nominative, nonstandard, rare, singular, third-person
"This is the same place the Houghtons came from? The place where someone we interacted with thought of going into law as a profession, decided per couldn't because per was a bdsmer, and most of the USAmerican bdsmers per was discussing it with agreed with per?"