per head

idiom

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

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The alleged smuggler would have gotten $800 per head to deliver them to Phoenix, according to police. Sharyl Attkisson, Baltimore Sun, 24 Jan. 2025 Drawing on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' most recent employment data from 2023, Newsweek crafted a map showing the number of firefighters per head in each U.S. state. Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025 People with enough money travel in small, elite groups of three to five for up to $1,700 per head. Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2017 The Georgian government supports more than 230,000 internally displaced from the two breakaway regions—a weighty burden for a country of fewer than four million people and a GDP per head of around $3,700. Andrew North, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2016 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 30 Jan. 2025.

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