Apiece
[ə'piːs] or [ə'pis]
Definition
(adv.) Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Severally, one by one, for each.
Edited by Caleb
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Distributively, individually, separately, severally, analytically
ANT:Collectively, together, accumulatively, indiscriminately, confusedly,synthetically
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Definition
adv. for each piece thing or person: to each individually.—adv. Apiec′es (obs.) in pieces.
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Examples
- A hundred and fifty guineas apiece. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It would pay him to get apiece of his head taken off, and cultivate a wen like a carpet sack. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Eight or ten hours, worth, as I tell you, a hundred pound apiece at least, have been lost since Lady Dedlock disappeared. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I gave the porter and the machine-gunner ten lire apiece. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I told him that we would give him a price for the stones he held--1000 pounds apiece. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- How much apiece was it? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I have a bottle apiece to take in the cars, Aymo said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He sold his papers at a quarter of a dollar and more apiece. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- That's not one-half a horse apiece. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- You pay five and six dollars apiece for fine linen shirts in Paris; here and in Leghorn you pay two and a half. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Set up my niggers to run away; got off two gals, worth eight hundred or a thousand apiece. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- They are worth a fortune apiece. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They took another quart apiece to drink each other's health in, and were staunch friends ever afterwards. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I then yelled: 'Twenty-five cents apiece, gentlemen! Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- You would not think 1000 pounds apiece an excessive sum for them? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Every man puts in a shilling apiece, and one wins a gown-piece for his wife or sweetheart if he's got one. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Give them five lire apiece and five lire for yourself. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- We did not get a firman, but we took along four or five francs apiece, which is much the same thing. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Off I set to him, and after much chaffering I got our stones at 1000 pounds apiece. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- She had it straight from Julia Melson that they cost three hundred dollars apiece at Celeste's, but she says they didn't look it. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The shawls were worth fifty guineas apiece at the very least, as Mrs. Sedley knew. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Four years apiece, or thereabouts. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They were tall, with a Roman nose apiece. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The girls must have a gentleman apiece, said the old gentleman. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- We put a hundred lire on number five to win and a hundred to place and then had another whiskey and soda apiece. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Aunt March usually gave the sisters a present of twenty-five dollars apiece at New Year's. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- On his evidence Cartwright was hanged and the other three got fifteen years apiece. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- We went to the bar under the grand-stand and had a whiskey and soda apiece. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I wish, said Margaret, striking out a novel thought, that somebody would give us all a large fortune apiece! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Up the street apiece he broke silence and said impressively: It was a lie--that is my opinion of it! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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