per head

idiom

: for each person

The price is $20 per head.

Examples of per head in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Among the expenses, the average spend for the wedding dress is $2,100; venue, $12,900; photographer, $3,000; caterer (per head) $80; groom attire, $330; cake, $530; hair and makeup, $300; DJ, $1,800; event rentals, $2,000, and florist, $2,800. —Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026

The same month, the Duke of York promised to supply three thousand Africans per year to Barbados and other islands in the Caribbean, at a cost of seventeen pounds per head. —Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026

Luthi said he’s been earning a profit of about $1,000 per head of beef cattle sold ‒ dramatically more than just a few years ago. —Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 18 Jan. 2026

The unconventional stay was also affordable, Giglia says, estimating her guests paid about $250 each for the weekend — a steal compared to her husband’s bachelor party in Los Cabos, Mexico, that ran about $800 per head. —Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for per head

• abed
• ahead
• beachhead
• bedspread
• bedstead
• behead
• blackhead
• blockhead
• bloodshed
• bowhead
• breastfed
• bridgehead