How to Use per head in a Sentence

per head

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  • But for groups of two, hotels tend to come out cheaper per head.
    Nerdwallet, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Omakase service at Ju-Ni is $220 per head.
    Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Each application is good for up to six hikers and costs $10 per head.
    Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 26 Nov. 2020
  • The average for two people is $300 per head.
    Denny Alfonso, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Killing and burying cattle is only worth $2 per head to a constable.
    Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 18 May 2022
  • Look at the productivity of your team and assess revenue per head.
    Michael Hoffman, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
  • People with enough money travel in small, elite groups of three to five for up to $1,700 per head.
    Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2017
  • If the supply of money per head is declining, the price of goods and wages falls but something else happens to asset prices.
    David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
  • Sanger will now travel to play Canton on Friday, per head coach Rocky Smart.
    Tess Demeyer, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Some people are opting for a fast-food option this season, while others have even been known to charge friends and family per head for their meal.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
  • The number of organs donated in the UK per head is equal to, or greater than, most of Europe.
    Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Getting those elements right is crucial right now if spending per head is to be increased successfully.
    Kevin Rozario, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
  • NerdWallet compared the price per head for Airbnbs with a max capacity of two adults against a hotel room in the same city.
    Sally French, oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2022
  • NerdWallet broke out the price per head to understand whether Airbnbs are really cheaper for groups.
    Nerdwallet, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • The East Midlands fares even worse with investment per head just one-quarter of the total enjoyed in London.
    Ben Jones, CNN, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Average spending per adult is set to rise to 461 pounds per head from 449 pounds per head in 2024.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 28 Dec. 2025
  • These are urban population, miles driven per number of highway miles, and disposable income per head of population.
    Hilary Tetenabaum, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Annual content investment in India is just $4 per head of population.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 24 July 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
  • 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
  • The Xinjiang provincial government pays local governments a price per head to organize labor assignments.
    Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Annual investment is more than $1,330 per head in the capital compared to about one third that in Yorkshire and the northeast of England.
    Ben Jones, CNN, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Just a handful of law firms worldwide have the expertise to navigate arbitration proceedings, with teams of lawyers often making $3,000 per head per hour in cases that can stretch on for years.
    Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 8 July 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Schooler’s roles will be primarily filled by cornerbacks Miles Battle and Charles Woods, and safety Dell Pettus, per head coach Mike Vrabel.
    Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
  • On a purchasing-power basis, the IMF puts Poland around $55,000 per head in 2025, up dramatically since EU accession.
    Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
  • 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

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