prep_phrase
Meaning 1
In a year.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
per annum
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prep_phrase
Meaning 2
For a year.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
by the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he earned $100,000 per annum
- we issue six volumes per annum
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: p.a., per year, each year, annually
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin per annum, English from the 16th century.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: տարեկան (tarekan) — in a year
- Dutch: per jaar — in a year
- Finnish: vuosittain — in a year
- Finnish: joka vuosi — in a year
- Hindi: वार्षिक (vārṣik) — in a year
- Urdu: سالانہ (Salanaa) — in a year
- Armenian: տարեկան (tarekan) — for each year
- Czech: ročně — for each year
- Finnish: vuosittain — for each year
- Finnish: vuodessa — for each year
- French: par an — for each year