: for each one : individually

Examples of apiece in a Sentence

His shoes weigh four pounds apiece. when you figure that they usually sell for six dollars apiece, you're getting quite a bargain
Recent Examples on the Web The machines can be costly, ranging in the hundreds or thousands of dollars apiece. TIME, 17 Apr. 2024 The best friends and co-owners of Luna’s Shaved Ice have stockpiled 25,000 of their frozen fruit pops to sell for $3 apiece to visitors descending on Perryville, Missouri, to watch Monday’s total solar eclipse. Harriet Baskas, NBC News, 7 Apr. 2024 Luckily, a bunch of best-selling Rubbermaid food storage containers are secretly on sale for as little as $2 apiece at Amazon right now. Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2024 Of course, bathroom storage is a must, and this woven cane basket set offers storage, texture, and style for just $8 apiece. Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Mar. 2024 The Cultural Trail has set aside $500,000 apiece for art along the South Street and Indiana Avenue/10th Street segments, Hill-Kartel said. The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2024 Key Facts On the final trading session of March and the first quarter, the returns for major stock indexes are impressive, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 5% this quarter or 2,000 points and the S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq up 11% apiece. Derek Saul, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 Keeling knocked in three runs and Campbell and Torin Dunphy drove in two apiece. Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024 Two restaurants opened in Elk Grove, while Roseville, Fair Oaks, Davis, Auburn, Rancho Cordova, Lincoln and Granite Bay all added one apiece. Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of apiece was in the 15th century

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“Apiece.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apiece. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.

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apiece

adverb
: for each one

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