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per capita

Adjective CEFR B2
pɝ ˈkæpɪtə

Definitions

  1. Per person.
    not-comparable
  2. Shared equally among all individuals.
    not-comparable

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Examples

“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 Office (1987:206).”
“So CNN looked at different rankings, and each study⟳ showed that many other countries have⟳ higher per capita testing rates.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

per diem per se per-rectal peracetic peracetylated peracidic

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