Synonyms for per diem


Grammar : Noun
Spell : per dee-uh m, dahy-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : pər ˈdi əm, ˈdaɪ əm


Définition of per diem

Origin :
  • Latin, literally "by the day," from per (see per) + diem, accusative singular of dies "day" (see diurnal). As a noun from 1809.
  • noun per day
Example sentences :
  • By Jove, I forgot all about two per diem—I've been smoking all day.
  • Extract from : « Dolly Reforming Herself » by Henry Arthur Jones
  • Each member is allowed to draw for mileage, per diem, and ‘sundries.’
  • Extract from : « The Clansman » by Thomas Dixon
  • For some time the mortality amounted to a thousand per diem.
  • Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 » by Various
  • An average gain of just over one quarter of a second per diem!
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Modern Mechanism » by Archibald Williams
  • His allowance was at first six ounces, afterward a pint, per diem.
  • Extract from : « Tobacco and Alcohol » by John Fiske
  • They were receiving individually three meals and about eightpence 512 per diem.
  • Extract from : « Intimate China » by Mrs. Archibald Little
  • It was one of the most recherché and per diem affairs ever known in the city.
  • Extract from : « Rolling Stones » by O. Henry
  • He puts you in charge of the railroad porter, who is feed at the rate of about fifty cents per diem.
  • Extract from : « As A Chinaman Saw Us » by Anonymous
  • The hotel-keepers are wishing for a few guests which they could relieve of three dollars per diem.
  • Extract from : « Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes » by Sylvia Sunshine
  • There are one or two boarding-houses, called hotels, designed for the better class, charging three dollars per diem.
  • Extract from : « Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes » by Sylvia Sunshine

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