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# apiece

«apiece» in Mova's school dictionary: **for each one, or each: «The apples cost 30 cents apiece»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (apiece)

### meaning for a pupil

Apiece means for each one, or each: «The apples cost 30 cents apiece». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apiece/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a price or an amount for each one; a rate; used in shops and in sharing; phrases «a dollar apiece», «two apiece»

### examples

- Apples cost 30 cents apiece. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apiece/#x1)
- The boys got 4 cards apiece. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apiece/#x2)
- She sold cupcakes for 2 dollars apiece. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apiece/#x3)
- They paid 5 dollars apiece for tickets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apiece/#x4)
- The kittens sold for 50 dollars apiece. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apiece/#x5)
- We had two cookies apiece. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apiece/#x6)
- The prizes are worth 10 points apiece. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apiece/#x7)
- The pens are 1 dollar apiece or 5 dollars for six. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apiece/#x8)
- The twins scored a goal apiece. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apiece/#x9)
- Each of us got three stickers apiece. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apiece/#x10)
- The silly moles had not the sense to see that they did not need a door apiece. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apiece/#x11)

### note

A rate: total = number of things × amount apiece. Trap: «apiece» belongs to each item or person, not to the whole group. It is one word, not «a piece».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «apiece» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apiece/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.