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per diem

US/pɚˈdi.əm/

per diem adjective: per day; daily.

Adjective

per diem (not comparable)

  1. Per day; daily.

Noun

per diem (plural per diems)

  1. A daily stipend.
  2. A daily allowable limit for expendables.

per diem meaning in Tamil and Kannada

per diem in Tamil

படி, தினசரிப் படி, தினப்படி, ஒவ்வொரு நாளும் வழங்கப்படும் தொகை

per diem in Kannada

ದಿನ ದಿನಕ್ಕೆ, ಒಂದೊಂದು ದಿನಕ್ಕೆ

Forms of per diem

pluralper diems

Origin of per diem

From Latin per + diem (“day”).

Questions about per diem

What does per diem mean?
Per diem means per day; daily.
What is per diem in Tamil?
Per diem in Tamil is படி, தினசரிப் படி, தினப்படி. See Per diem meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is per diem?
Per diem can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce per diem?
Per diem is pronounced /pɚˈdi.əm/ (US).

Words near per diem in the dictionary

  1. per centum
  2. per chevron
  3. per chief
  4. per contra
  5. per curiam
  6. per diem
  7. per diems
  8. per fess
  9. per impossibile
  10. per litt.
  11. per mensem

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Adapted from Wiktionary: per diem (page history and authors); per diem (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); per diem (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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