per head

idiom

: for each person
The price is $20 per head.

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Even before this crisis, Lebanon was home to more refugees per head than any other country on Earth, among them 250,000 Palestinians and 1.5 million Syrians – refugees from their own 13-year civil war. The Week Uk, theweek, 20 Oct. 2024 Even in a more benign scenario, its researchers also see Israel’s gross domestic product per head — which in recent years overtook the United Kingdom’s — falling this year, as Israel’s population grows faster than the economy and living standards decline. Hanna Ziady, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024 Annual content investment in India is just $4 per head of population. Patrick Frater, Variety, 24 July 2024 This position looks impressive for a country with China’s income per head; China is the only middle-income country ranked among the survey’s top 30 most innovative nations. George Magnus, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for per head 

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“Per head.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/per%20head. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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