| per | |
| 1. prep. for each | |
| Admission is £10 per person. | |
| 2. prep. to each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units) | |
| miles per gallon | |
| beats per minute | |
| $2.50 per dozen | |
| 3. prep. (medicine) via (the), by (the), through (the) (followed by Latin name for an orifice) | |
| Introduce the endoscope per nasum. | |
| The medication is to be administered per os. | |
| 4. prep. in accordance with | |
| I parked my car at the curb per your request. | |
| 5. pron. (neologism) they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she. | |
| 6. pron. (neologism) them (singular) Gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, grammatically equivalent to the gendered him and her. | |
| 7. adj. (neologism) Belonging to per, their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with gendered his and her. | |
