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Definition of Per annum
1. Adverb. By the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received). "We issue six volumes per annum"
Definition of Per annum
1. Adverb. annually ¹
2. Adverb. in, or for each year ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Per Annum
Literary usage of Per annum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1879)
"What amount is paid per month or per annum for janitor's labor (whether performed
by one ... 3, two female high schools, $300 per annum each for cleaning, ..."
2. Thirty Years' View: Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1856)
"At naval stations, before the act of 1835, a captain received $2000 per annum ;
he now receives $3500 per annum. A lieutenant received $761 per annum, ..."
3. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1850)
"In the office of the Secretary of State, one messenger, and assistant, at a
compensation not exceeding one thousand and fifty dollars per annum : In the ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"The master allowed interest thereon, after maturity, at the statutory rate of
six per cent per annum, but the circuit court held that interest upon interest ..."
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