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by the day

by the day prepositional phrase: daily.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Daily.

Questions about by the day

What does by the day mean?
By the day means daily.
What part of speech is by the day?
By the day is a prepositional phrase.

Words near by the day in the dictionary

  1. by starts and leaps
  2. by steam
  3. by the book
  4. by the by
  5. by the bye
  6. by the day
  7. by the dozen
  8. by the ears
  9. by the eye
  10. by the gods
  11. by the Grace of Allah

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