per head

idiom

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

Examples of per head in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 Commissioned by banks and crafted by a prominent management consultancy, this report listed amongst other things, the average revenue per head across various financial companies. Damian Bunce, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023 The Troisgros enterprise is a major business, and the money that sustains it is discussed onscreen, as with the mentions of seating fifty-four diners for a lunch costing more than three hundred euros per head, and of bottles of wine that sell for ten, fifteen, even twenty thousand euros. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023 The senior also paced North Garland’s defensive line, which allowed just 90 rushing yards and is one of the team’s most dependable units, per head coach Taurus Rucker. Greg McKenna, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2023 It was eventually determined that the sub had imploded, prompting widespread criticism of not only Titan’s unorthodox—and uncertified—construction, but also of the very notion of sending tourists 12,500 feet down to the remains of the RMS Titanic at $250,000 per head. Christopher King, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2023 Zach Wilson and Tim Boyle will handle the quarterback duties, per head coach Robert Saleh. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 12 Aug. 2023 The Amazon pack gives me 5 replacement heads at once for just over $5 per head, while Walmart only offers a 3-pack that boils down to over $6 per replacement head. Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 30 June 2023

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“Per head.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/per%20head. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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