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 Meaning of PER CAPITA
| Pronunciation: |  | pur 'kapitu 
 
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[adv]  per person; "we are spending $5,000 per capita annually for education in this district"  [adj]  per person; "among the states Connecticut has a high per capita income"   |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | for each person, of each person, proportionate |  |  |  |     |  |  Thesaurus Terms |  |  |  |  | Related Terms: |  | all, apiece, aside, distributional, distributive, each, each to each, equal, even stephen, fifty-fifty, half, half-and-half, halvers, one by one, particular, per, per annum, per head, pro rata, proportional, proportionate, prorated, respective, respectively, several, severally |  |  |  |     |    |  |