per diem

3 definitions found

per diem - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Per \Per\, prep. [L. Cf. Far, For-, Pardon, and cf. Par,
     prep.]
     Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for
     each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to
     individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of
     itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Per annum, by the year; in each successive year; annually.
        
  
     per cent, Per centum, percent, by the hundred; in the
        hundred; a proportion multiplied by one hundred; -- used
        esp. of proportions of ingredients, rate or amount of
        interest, and the like; most commonly used in the
        shortened form per cent; as, 5 is ten per cent of 50. It
        is commonly symbolized with the per cent sign, "%".
  
     Per diem, by the day. [For other phrases from the Latin,
        see Quotations, Phrases, etc., from Foreign Languages, in
        the Supplement.]
        [1913 Webster]

  Per diem \Per di"em\ [L.]
     By the day; substantively (chiefly U. S.), an allowance or
     amount of so much by the day. Also used adjectivally; as, a
     per diem allowance.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

per diem - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  per diem
      adv 1: one every day; "we'll save 100 man-hours per diem" [syn:
             per diem, by the day]
      n 1: a daily allowance for living expenses (especially while
           traveling in connection with your job)