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Definition of Apiece
1. Adverb. To or from every one of two or more (considered individually). "They received $10 each"
Definition of Apiece
1. adv. Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece.
Definition of Apiece
1. Adverb. Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apiece
1. for each one [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apiece
Literary usage of Apiece
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1909)
"To my sisters Jane, Elizabeth, and Anne, for the preferment of their children, £40
apiece. To my brother John Watkin 40s., and to my sister 20s. to buy them ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1907)
"To John and Anthony, sons of Richard Robins, 20*. apiece. To William Walton of
Park- wood, 10s. To John and Francis, the sous of John Shakespeare, ..."
3. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803: Explorations by Early Navigators by Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson, Edward Gaylord Bourne (1906)
"I Stewards, three quintals apiece 3 Stonecutters, three quintals apiece 3 In case
that our service is performed by building a fortress there, ..."
4. Genealogical Gleanings in England by Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters, New England Historic Genealogical Society (1888)
"... for their pains therein to be taken twenty nobles apiece &c. In a codicil
dated 17 June 1624 the testatrix refers to her daughter Anne ..."
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