apiece
pronunciation
How to pronounce apiece in British English:
UK [əˈpi:s]
How to pronounce apiece in American English:
US [əˈpis]
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- Adverb:
- to or from every one of two or more (considered individually)
Word Origin
- apiece (adv.)
- 1550s, a contraction of a pece (mid-15c.), originally of coins, objects for sale, etc. (see a (2) + piece (n.)).
Example
- 1. Based in san francisco , inkling sells college textbooks online and by the chapter , making them available for $ 2.99 apiece , in most cases , in apple 's itunes store .
- 2. Yet three of them got eight years apiece . Two are still in jail .
- 3. Test takers sent scores to an average of 2.9 programs apiece .
- 4. They got a box full of ties for 50 cents apiece .
- 5. We would walk out with a bottle of pop apiece and sometimes the pop would backfire up our noses and hurt .