apiece

apiece meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

Examples of apiece in a sentence

• 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, […]1943 January–February, Cha[rle]s S. Lake, “Some C[hief] M[echanical] E[ngineer]s I Have Known: IV—H[enry] A[lfred] Ivatt”, in The Railway...
• 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.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 13, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company...

All 21 example sentences with apiece

Synonyms of apiece

• all
• individually
• singly
• piecemeal
• piecewise

All synonyms of apiece

Origin of apiece

Univerbation of a + piece (noun), from Late Middle English a pece. Pece is derived from Anglo-Norman pece, peece, peice, Middle French piece, and Old French pece, pice, piece (“part of a whole”) (modern French pièce); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Late Latin *pettia, *pettium (compare pecia, pecium, petia, petium (“broken piece, fragment; piece of land”)), or from their possible etymon Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (“piece, portion; quota”).

Words formed from apiece

• a horse apiece

Related words

• apart

Words that rhyme with apiece

• piece
• release
• police
• fleece
• grease
• lease
• caprice
• crease
• peace
• increase
• cease
• coulisse

Questions about apiece

What does apiece mean?

Apiece means following a noun or noun phrase: by, for, or to each one; each by itself.

What is apiece in Tamil?

Apiece in Tamil is ஒவ்வொன்றுக்கும், ஒவ்வொருவருக்கும், தனித் தனியாக. See Apiece meaning in Tamil.

How do you use apiece in a sentence?

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, […]

What part of speech is apiece?

Apiece is an adverb.

How do you pronounce apiece?

Apiece is pronounced /əˈpiːs/ (UK).