(apiece)
1Apiece — A*piece , adv. [Pref. a + piece.] Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece. Fined . . . a thousand pounds apiece. Hume. [1913 Webster] …
2apiece — UK US /əˈpiːs/ adverb [after noun] ► each: »They got just 35 shares apiece. »The contracts were valued at $300,000 to $400,000 apiece …
3apiece — meaning ‘for each one’, is normally placed immediately after a direct object • (After buying his brothers a pint apiece [he] had to be content with a half for himself Melvyn Bragg, 1969 • The actresses have one beautiful costume apiece New Yorker …
4apiece — index respectively Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5apiece — (adv.) 1550s, a contraction of a pece (mid 15c.), originally of coins, objects for sale, etc. (see PIECE (Cf. piece) (n.)) …
6apiece — *each, severally, individually, respectively …
7apiece — [adv] each all, a pop*, aside, for each, from each, individually, one by one, per, respectively, separately, severally, singly, successively, to each; concept 762 …
8apiece — ► ADVERB ▪ to, for, or by each one …
9apiece — [ə pēs′] adv. [ME a pece: see A 1 & PIECE] for each one; each …
10apiece — [[t]əpi͟ːs[/t]] 1) ADV: amount ADV If people have a particular number of things apiece, they have that number each. He and I had two fish apiece... The World Series between the Atlanta Braves and Toronto Blue Jays is tied at one game apiece. Syn …
