Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A prefix used to signify
through ,throughout ,by ,for , or as anintensive asper haps, by hap or chance;per ennial, that lasts throughout the year;per force, through or by force;per foliate,per forate;per spicuous, evident throughout or very evident;per plex, literally, to entangle very much. - (Chem.) Originally, denoting that the element to the name of which it is prefixed in the respective compounds exercised its
highest valence ; now, only that the element has ahigher valence than in other similar compounds; thus, bariumper oxide is the highest oxide of barium; while nitrogen and manganeseper oxides, so-called, are not the highest oxides of those elements.
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- prefix non-productive Denoting the sense "
by " or "per ", as inperchance orperhaps . - prefix non-productive In verbs: denoting the sense "
through ", as inperforate . - prefix non-productive In verbs: denoting the sense "
thoroughly ", as inperfect . - prefix non-productive In verbs: denoting the sense "to
destruction ", as inpervert . - prefix non-productive In adjectives and adverbs: denoting the sense "
extremely ", as inperfervid . - prefix chemistry Forming nouns and adjectives denoting the maximum
proportion of oneelement in acompound , as inperoxide . - prefix chemistry Added to the name of an element in a polyatomic ion denote the number of that element (usually four).
Etymologies
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Examples
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Saxena said his best month was in March 2010 when he earned 1.05 million rupees $22,932, about half the per-capita income of the U.S. last year and 29 times the 35,917 rupee average per- capita income in India.
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This was the second quarter in which GE broke out per- share pension costs or benefits.
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First-quarter per- share earnings will be about $9.30 on sales of about $37 billion, Apple said in the statement.
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"I'm a little shocked" by the cuts to forecasted per- share earnings, said Mark Bachman, an analyst at Avian Securities LLC in Boston who has a "positive" rating on First Solar.
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First-quarter per- share earnings will be about $9.30 on sales of about $37 billion, Apple said in the statement.
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Salesforce.com , promotes what he calls "the 1 per- cent solution": 1 percent of the company's equity, 1 percent of its profits, and 1 percent of its employees' paid work hours are devoted to philanthropy.
Forbes.com: News Karl Moore 2011
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The average per- share profit estimate of 31 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg was 33 cents.
unknown title 2011
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The per- share results topped the average analyst estimate by 1 cent, or 0.8 percent, the smallest margin since the second quarter of 2008.
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First-quarter per- share earnings will be about $9.30 on sales of about $37 billion, Apple said in the statement.
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Lower-than-estimated data on manufacturing and service industries fueled concern that the nation will slip back into a recession, overshadowing an earnings season that has seen per- share profit increase 18 percent among the S&P 500 companies that have released quarterly results since July 11, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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