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Per

//pɜː// adj, noun, prep, pron

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of protein efficiency ratio. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of price-earnings ratio. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Preposition
  1. 1
    For each.

    "Admission is £10 per person."

  2. 2
    To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).

    "12 inches per foot"

  3. 3
    By the, by means of the, via the, through the.

    "Introduce the endoscope per nasum."

  4. 4
    In accordance with, as per

    "I parked my car at the curb per your request."

  5. 5
    According to

    "Bucks trading for Patrick Beverley, per sources"

Pronoun
  1. 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. 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?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin per (“through, during”), from Proto-Indo-European *per. Doublet of par.

Etymology 2

Shortening of person, coined by Marge Piercy in Woman on the Edge of Time (1979)

Etymology 3

Shortening of person, coined by Marge Piercy in Woman on the Edge of Time (1979)

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