per head

idiom

: for each person
The price is $20 per head.

Examples of per head in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This position looks impressive for a country with China’s income per head; China is the only middle-income country ranked among the survey’s top 30 most innovative nations. George Magnus, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024 When measured per head, GDP is still 0.7% lower than a year ago. The Week Uk, theweek, 14 May 2024 Today, Lyon is still littered with its historic bouchons—in fact, there are more restaurants per head than in any other in France. Monica Mendal, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2024 In Liverpool, where the Conservatives have not won a Parliamentary seat for forty years, spending, per head, fell more than in any other city in the country. Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for per head 

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“Per head.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/per%20head. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

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