capita

[ kap-i-tuh ]

noun

1. plural of caput.
2. an individual person, as used in the phrase per capita.

capita

/ ˈkæpɪtə /

noun

1. See per capita
   See per capita
2. See caput
   anatomy the plural of caput

Example Sentences

We see the effects of a state that spends more money per capita on prisons than it does on education.

From The Daily Beast

The highest per capita wine consumption in the world is in the Vatican.

From The Daily Beast

Higher per capita income, longer histories of democratic stability, legal status, and religion.

From The Daily Beast

Then he faced a $3.7 billion deficit, the largest in state history, and the largest per capita in the nation.

From The Daily Beast

Far less appreciated, Houston, rather than being a southern city of duller wits, actually ranks second in engineers per capita.

From The Daily Beast

Vnica hc adest D. Potrincurtij familia, sine feminis capita sumus viginti.

From Project Gutenberg

When a Klan is chartered, a per capita tax of $1.85 for each member is required to be sent to the Imperial Palace.

From Project Gutenberg

The per capita wages of Japanese laborers here are, of course, amazingly low.

From Project Gutenberg

England cut her sugar allowance per capita from about seven and a half pounds a month to two, and France from nearly four to one.

From Project Gutenberg

In the early hours of the afternoon they re-embarked, the capita of the village coming to the beach to see them off.

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