| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | per cap·i·ta |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p r k p  -t |
| ADVERB & ADJECTIVE: | 1. Per unit of population; per person: In that year, Americans earned $15,304 per capita. Among the states, Connecticut has a high per capita income. 2. Equally to each individual. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Medieval Latin, by heads : Latin per, per + Latin capita, accusative pl. of caput, head.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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