Synonyms for per diem
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : per dee-uh m, dahy-uh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : pər ˈdi əm, ˈdaɪ əm |
Définition of per diem
Origin :- Latin, literally "by the day," from per (see per) + diem, accusative singular of dies "day" (see diurnal). As a noun from 1809.
- noun per day
- By Jove, I forgot all about two per diem—I've been smoking all day.
- Extract from : « Dolly Reforming Herself » by Henry Arthur Jones
- Each member is allowed to draw for mileage, per diem, and ‘sundries.’
- Extract from : « The Clansman » by Thomas Dixon
- For some time the mortality amounted to a thousand per diem.
- Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 » by Various
- An average gain of just over one quarter of a second per diem!
- Extract from : « The Romance of Modern Mechanism » by Archibald Williams
- His allowance was at first six ounces, afterward a pint, per diem.
- Extract from : « Tobacco and Alcohol » by John Fiske
- They were receiving individually three meals and about eightpence 512 per diem.
- Extract from : « Intimate China » by Mrs. Archibald Little
- It was one of the most recherché and per diem affairs ever known in the city.
- Extract from : « Rolling Stones » by O. Henry
- He puts you in charge of the railroad porter, who is feed at the rate of about fifty cents per diem.
- Extract from : « As A Chinaman Saw Us » by Anonymous
- The hotel-keepers are wishing for a few guests which they could relieve of three dollars per diem.
- Extract from : « Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes » by Sylvia Sunshine
- There are one or two boarding-houses, called hotels, designed for the better class, charging three dollars per diem.
- Extract from : « Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes » by Sylvia Sunshine
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