apiece

American  

[uh-pees] / əˈpis /

adverb

1. for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each.

   We ate an orange apiece. The cakes cost a dollar apiece.

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apiece British  

/ əˈpiːs /

adverb

1. (postpositive) for, to, or from each one

   they were given two apples apiece

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Etymology

Origin of apiece

First recorded in 1425–75, apiece is from late Middle English a pease. See a ², piece

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Explanation

The adverb apiece means "for each" or "to each." If your grandmother gives you and your cousins ten dollars apiece, she hands each of you a ten dollar bill. When you sell cookies at a bake sale for a dollar apiece, every individual cookie costs one dollar. And if two competing baseball teams have eleven wins apiece, it means that they're tied for the season so far — they've each won eleven games. Apiece, first used in the 1500s, was a contraction of a pece, which was almost always used to talk about coins or items for sale.

Example Sentences

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apiece

But they’ll only take one full-size bar apiece, she argues.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

The Class A shares are priced at $625 each, while the depository shares are priced at $50 apiece.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

PSA reported to police that two stolen pallets of about 100 packages of cards apiece had an approximate value of $963,000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

The new Skydance board member bought shares at $12 apiece through a trust.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

McWatt was deeply impressed with Milo, who, to the amusement of Corporal Snark, his mess sergeant, was already buying eggs for seven cents apiece and selling them for five cents.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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