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Definition of Per capita
1. Adverb. Per person. "We are spending $5,000 per capita annually for education in this district"
2. Adjective. Per person. "Among the states Connecticut has a high per capita income"
Definition of Per capita
1. Adjective. per person ¹
2. Adjective. shared equally among all individuals ¹
3. Adverb. per person ¹
4. Adverb. equally among all individuals ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Per Capita
Literary usage of Per capita
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1919)
"There is also shown in ounces the amount of waste per capita, ... FEMALE HOME—APRIL
29, 1918—POPULATION Ounces Calories Waste MENU— per capita per capita ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"A collateral evidence of the growth of wealth in Germany is seen in the increased
consumption per capita of products of various kinds. ..."
3. Report of the Committee on Inquiry Into the Departments of Health, Charities by New York (N.Y.). Board of estimate and apportionment. Committee on inquiry into the Departments of health, charities, and Bellevue and allied hospitals, George McAneny, Henry Collier Wright (1913)
"A portion of this larger per capita consumption in Metropolitan Hospital may be
... Whereas, Kings County Hospital used 507 pounds of milk per capita ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"A collateral evidence of the growth of wealth in Germany is seen in the increased
consumption per capita of products of various kinds. ..."