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Dictionary: a·piece   (ə-pēs') pronunciation
adv.
To or for each one; each: There is enough bread for everyone to have two slices apiece.

[Middle English a pece : a, a; see a2 + pece, piece; see piece.]


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IN BRIEF: adv. - To or from every one of two or more (considered individually).

pronunciation At four for a dollar, the pencils were 25 cents apiece.

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The adverb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: to or from every one of two or more (considered individually)
  Synonyms: each, to each one, for each one, from each one


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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - stykket, hver, pr styk

Nederlands (Dutch)
per stuk, per exemplaar

Français (French)
adv. - la pièce, chacun, par personne, par tête

Deutsch (German)
adv. - pro Stück, je

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - το κομμάτι, το ένα

Italiano (Italian)
a testa, al pezzo

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - por cada um, para cada um

Русский (Russian)
за одну штуку

Español (Spanish)
adv. - cada uno, por persona, por cabeza

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - per styck, stycket

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
每人, 每个, 各

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 每人, 每個, 各

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 하나씩

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 個々に, めいめいに

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) لكل فرد, لكل قطعه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮לכל אחד, כל אחד לחוד‬


 
 
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