"per diem" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pɚˈdi.əm/ [US], /pɚˈdaɪ.əm/ [US]
Etymology: From Latin per + diem (“day”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|per}} Latin per, {{m|la|dies|diem|day}} diem (“day”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-|nolinkhead=1}} per diem (not comparable)
  1. per day; daily. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-per_diem-en-adj-HbmV2vif

Noun

IPA: /pɚˈdi.əm/ [US], /pɚˈdaɪ.əm/ [US] Forms: per diems [plural]
Etymology: From Latin per + diem (“day”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|per}} Latin per, {{m|la|dies|diem|day}} diem (“day”) Head templates: {{en-noun|nolinkhead=1}} per diem (plural per diems)
  1. A daily stipend. Categories (topical): Accounting Translations (daily stipend): diety [feminine, plural] (Czech), päiväraha (Finnish), Tagespauschale [feminine] (German), diaria [feminine] (Italian), dieta [feminine] (Polish), су́точные (sútočnyje) [plural] (Russian), traktamente [neuter] (Swedish), dagtraktamente [neuter] (Swedish), dagpenning (note: e.g. unemployment benefit) [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-per_diem-en-noun-ulu1bif6 Disambiguation of Accounting: 14 74 12 Disambiguation of 'daily stipend': 82 18
  2. A daily allowable limit for expendables. Translations (daily allowable limit for expendables): päiväannos (Finnish), päiväkiintiö (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-per_diem-en-noun-C~2MZ5B- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 22 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 22 55 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 22 54 Disambiguation of 'daily allowable limit for expendables': 16 84

Inflected forms

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