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As a preposition per

is for each.

As a pronoun per

is they singular. Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns {{term|he and {{term|she}}.}.

As an adjective per

is belonging to per, their singular. Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with gendered {{term|his and {{term|her}}.}.

As an initialism PER

is protein efficiency ratio.

As a noun hypo is

melancholy; a fit of ‘hypochondria’; a morbid depression (obsolete by 1881 according to Eric Partridge.

per

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Preposition

(English prepositions)
  • for each
  • Admission is £10 per person.
  • to each, in each ((used in expressing ratios of units))
  • miles per gallon
    beats per minute
  • (medicine) via (the), by (the), through (the) (followed by Latin name for an orifice)
  • Introduce the endoscope per nasum.
    The medication is to be administered per os.
  • in accordance with
  • I parked my car at the curb per your request.
    Usage notes
    * The preposition per is typically followed by a singular noun phrase with no determiner. *: Take one pill per''' day.'' not ''Take one pill '''per a day. * It is sometimes followed by plural noun phrases, almost always determined by 100, 1,000, 100,000, etc. *: The abortion rate in the U.S. has dropped since 1980 from nearly 30 per 1,000 women of childbearing age to less than 20.
    Derived terms
    * per accidens * per annum * per anum * per capita * per cent * per consequens * per contra * per curiam * per diem * * per impossibile * per incuriam * per interim * per maistrie * per mensem * * per minima * per my et per tout * per orem * * per pares * per primam * per primam intentionem * per procurationem * per quod * per saltum * per se * per stirpes

    Etymology 2

    shortening of (person), coined by Marge Piercy in (1979)

    Pronoun

  • (neologism) they (singular).
  • * 1997 April 22, "Anthony and Joy Hilbert" (username), "ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules", in alt.sex.bondage, Usenet :
  • 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?
  • (neologism) them (singular)
  • * 1997 April 22, "Anthony and Joy Hilbert" (username), "ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules", in alt.sex.bondage, Usenet :
  • 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 ?
  • * {{quote-web
  • , year = 1998 , first = Katherine , last = Phelps , title = Odysseus, She , site = Storytronics , url = http://www.glasswings.com.au/Storytronics/Odysseus/wash/washframe.htm , passage = "Kalypso!" I call out as phe disappears on the horizon. I did not know it, but I loved per . }}
  • * {{quote-book
  • , date = 2006-11-15 , author = Richard Ekins, Dave King , title = The transgender phenomenon , publisher = Sage Publications , isbn = 9780761971634 , id = , lccn = 2006920988 , page = 160 , passage = Whereas Christie had flirted with a lesbian identity prior to surgery, following surgery Christie found perself able to pursue attraction to men, provided they related to per as a non-gendered person. }}
    Derived terms
    * (neologism) perself
    Synonyms
    * (singular) they * (neologism) ey, e, sie, shi, ze
    Hyponyms
    * (as subject) he, she * (as object) him, her

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (neologism) Belonging to per, their (singular).
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year = 2006 , author = Richard Ekins, Dave King , title = The transgender phenomenon , publisher = Sage Publications , isbn = 9780761971634 , id = , lccn = 2006920988 , page = 160 , passage = 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 as a non-gendered person. }}
    Derived terms
    * (neologism) pers
    Synonyms
    * (singular) their * (neologism) eir, hir
    Hyponyms
    * his, her

    See also

    * other gender-neutral pronouns

    Statistics

    *

    hypo

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Melancholy; a fit of ‘hypochondria’; a morbid depression (obsolete by 1881 according to Eric Partridge.
  • *1711' "I have a better Stomach tha usuall and have perfectly forgot what the '''Hyppo means",Joseph Collett, merchant, writing from Rio de Janeiro, Oct 15, 1711, in his ''Private Letter Books'', edited by H. H. Dodwell in 1933. (cited by Eric Partidge, ''A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventinoal English
  • *1837' Abraham Lincoln: Tell your sister I dont want to hear any more about selling out and moving. That gives me the '''hypo whenever I think of it. (Letter to Mary S. Owens,May 7. 1837 , ''Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln . Volume 1.
  • *1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
  • *:whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off--then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.
  • *:But thou sayest, methinks that white-lead chapter about whiteness is but a white flag hung out from a craven soul; thou surrenderest to a hypo , Ishmael.(Chapter 42, "The Whiteness of the Whale")
  • (photography) sodium thiosulfate, a photographic fixing agent.
  • (slang) A hypoglycaemia attack in a person with diabetes.
  • (informal) The substance sodium hyposulfite.
  • (slang) A hypodermic syringe.
  • (slang, finance, British) Hypothecation.
  • (informal, among law students and their professors) A hypothetical case.
  • (informal, zoology) A hypomelanistic snake.
  • Usage notes

    * usually in contexts where it is clear which specific term is meant.

    See also

    * hypo-