per capita
[per kap-i-tuh]
adjective, adverb
by or for each individual person: income per capita.
Law. noting or pertaining to a method of dividing an estate by which all those equally related to the decedent take equal shares individually without regard to the number of lines of descent.Compare per stirpes.
Origin of per capita
1675–85; < Latin: literally, by heads
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Related Words for per capita
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Contemporary Examples of per capita
By the early 1980s, the UK's per-capita GDP was lower than that of Italy.
But by 1920, American per-capita GDP exceeded that of the British Isles.
To be sure, Canada is a rich country, on a per-capita basis, and its population tends to be clustered along the border.
Behold the rate of per-capita cost growth in the OECD from 2004-2010.
The data reflect deaths by suicide for 2007, ranked by per-capita rate.
per capita
adjective, adverb
Word Origin for per capita
Latin, literally: according to heads
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per capita
[(puhr kap-i-tuh)]
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