"apiece" meaning in English

See apiece in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /əˈpiːs/ [UK], /əˈpis/ [US] Audio: En-us-apiece.ogg
Rhymes: -iːs Etymology: From Middle English a pece, equivalent to a + piece. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|a pece}} Middle English a pece, {{compound|en|a|piece}} a + piece Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} apiece (not comparable)
  1. Each by itself; for or to each one Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-apiece-en-adv-u3g6RIeA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 84 16
  2. (Maine) An undetermined distance. Tags: Maine, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-apiece-en-adv-NCt7STn1 Categories (other): Maine English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (apiece): поединично (poedinično) (Bulgarian), на парче (na parče) (Bulgarian), respectivament (Catalan), cadascú [masculine] (Catalan), cadascuna [feminine] (Catalan), per stuk (Dutch), po (Esperanto), kappale (Finnish), kappaleelta (Finnish), chacun [masculine] (French), chacune [feminine] (French), jedes einzelne [neuter] (German), je Stück (German), pro Stück (German), darabonként (Hungarian), ciascuno [masculine] (Italian), ciascuna [feminine] (Italian), cada um (Portuguese), cada uma [feminine] (Portuguese), cada uno (Spanish), birer (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'apiece': 0 0
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      "sense": "apiece",
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      "sense": "apiece",
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      "sense": "apiece",
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