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percapita

percapita is the alternative form of per capita.

Meaning of per capita

Adjective

per capita (not comparable)

  1. Per person.
    • Donations to the mosque come from a village considered fairly poor by regional standards, with an average annual income of 300 yuan (about U.S. $100) per household. The 1982 average per capita annual income in Yongning County was substantially higher, 539 yuan according to the Population Census...1998, Dru C. Gladney, “Getting Rich is Not So Glorious: Contrasting Perspectives on Prosperity Among Muslims and Han in China”, in Robert W. Hefner, editor, Market Cultures: Society and Morality in...
    Synonyms:
    capitated
  2. Shared equally among all individuals.

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Questions about percapita

What is percapita the alternative form of?
Percapita is the alternative form of per capita.

Words near percapita in the dictionary

  1. percales
  2. percaline
  3. percalines
  4. percalles
  5. percapella
  6. percapita
  7. percarbide
  8. percarbides
  9. percarbonate
  10. percarbonates
  11. percarburet

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