per capita

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See also: percapita and per cápita

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin per capita (“per head”).

Adjective

per capita (not comparable)

  1. Per person.
    • 1998, Dru C. Gladney, “Getting Rich is Not So Glorious: Contrasting Perspectives on Prosperity Among Muslims and Han in China”, in Robert W. Hefner, editor, Market Cultures: Society and Morality in the New Asian Capitalisms‎, Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 110:
      Donations to the mosque come from a village considered fairly poor by regional standards, with an average annual income of 300 yuan (about U.S. $100) per household. The 1982 average per capita annual income in Yongning County was substantially higher, 539 yuan according to the Population Census Office (1987:206).
  2. Shared equally among all individuals.

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Adverb

per capita (not comparable)

  1. Per person.
  2. Equally among all individuals.

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