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apiece

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/əˈpiːs/ (UK)
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/əˈpiːs/ (UK) · /əˈpis/ (US)

Definition of apiece

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (not-comparable)Each by itself; for or to each one.
    “Near-synonyms: piecewise, piecemeal; individually, singly”
    “These melons cost a dollar apiece.”
    “The engines were built in the Doncaster works at what I believe to have been the low cost, even for those days, of £2,500 apiece, [...].”
    “Sinkfield reduced his guests to myopic drunkenness one evening, induced them to bring forward their maps and charts, lop off a little here, add a bit there, and adjust the center of the county to meet his requirements. He sent them packing next day armed with their charts and five quarts of shinny in their saddlebags—two apiece and one for the Governor.”
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adv

  1. (not-comparable)Each by itself; for or to each one.
    “Near-synonyms: piecewise, piecemeal; individually, singly”
    “These melons cost a dollar apiece.”
    “The engines were built in the Doncaster works at what I believe to have been the low cost, even for those days, of £2,500 apiece, [...].”
    “Sinkfield reduced his guests to myopic drunkenness one evening, induced them to bring forward their maps and charts, lop off a little here, add a bit there, and adjust the center of the county to meet his requirements. He sent them packing next day armed with their charts and five quarts of shinny in their saddlebags—two apiece and one for the Governor.”
  2. (Maine, not-comparable)An undetermined distance.

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Etymology

From Middle English a pece. By surface analysis, univerbation of a + piece.

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