apiece
Following a noun or noun phrase: by, for, or to each oneFollowing a noun or noun phrase: by, for, or to each one; each by itself.
» How much do they cost apiece?
Сколько за штуку?
Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)Following a noun or noun phrase: by, for, or to each one; each by itself.
Near-synonyms: all, individually, singly; piecemeal, piecewise
These melons cost a dollar apiece.
jedes einzelne, je Stück, pro Stück
(New England, especially, not comparable)For an undetermined distance.
down the road apiece
- to or from every one of two or more (considered individually)
Examples
6 sentencesHow much do they cost apiece?
ruСколько за штуку?
The burgers cost a buck apiece.
Our babysitter gave us a chocolate bar apiece.
ruНаша няня дала нам по плитке шоколада каждому.
Shovels and spades sold for ten dollars apiece.
The tickets cost 20 yen apiece.
ruБилеты стоят по 20 иен за каждый.
deDie Tickets kosten je 20 Yen.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Univerbation of a + piece (noun), from Late Middle English a pece. Pece is derived from AnUniverbation of a + piece (noun), from Late Middle English a pece. Pece is derived from Anglo-Norman pece, peece, peice, Middle French piece, and Old French pece, pice, piece (“part of a whole”) (modern French pièce); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Late Latin *pettia, *pettium (compare pecia, pecium, petia, petium (“broken piece, fragment; piece of land”)), or from their possible etymon Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (“piece, portion; quota”).
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Synonyms
9 synonyms- to or from every one of two or more (considered individually):eachto each onefor each onefrom each one