apiece

Everyday

Apiece means for each one, or each: «The apples cost 30 cents apiece». tree →

In the lessons

a price or an amount for each one; a rate; used in shops and in sharing; phrases «a dollar apiece», «two apiece»

Examples

• Apples cost 30 cents apiece. tree →
• The boys got 4 cards apiece. tree →
• She sold cupcakes for 2 dollars apiece. tree →
• They paid 5 dollars apiece for tickets. tree →
• The kittens sold for 50 dollars apiece. tree →
• We had two cookies apiece. tree →
• The prizes are worth 10 points apiece. tree →
• The pens are 1 dollar apiece or 5 dollars for six. tree →
• The twins scored a goal apiece. tree →
• Each of us got three stickers apiece. tree →
• The silly moles had not the sense to see that they did not need a door apiece. tree →

Note

A rate: total = number of things × amount apiece. Trap: «apiece» belongs to each item or person, not to the whole group. It is one word, not «a piece».

In Jewish tradition

It is used for payments and offerings in the census, where each person pays a set amount in shekels. In the primary lessons: a price or an amount for each one; a rate; used in shops and in sharing; phrases «a dollar apiece», «two apiece»

Examples

• thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them — the shekel is twenty gerahs. (Torah NUM.3.47, JPS 1917) tree →
• twelve golden pans, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the pans a hundred and twenty shekels; (Torah NUM.7.86, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other. (Prophets EZK.41.24, JPS 1917) tree →
• Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. (Prophets EZK.10.21, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A rate: total = number of things × amount apiece. Trap: «apiece» belongs to each item or person, not to the whole group. It is one word, not «a piece».