: for each one : individually

Examples of apiece in a Sentence

His shoes weigh four pounds apiece. when you figure that they usually sell for six dollars apiece, you're getting quite a bargain
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Drake and Kendrick Lamar are currently tied for the second-most wins, with five apiece. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025 Each of eight episodes, which run a fleet 35-ish minutes apiece, follows a woman (usually a woman of a certain age) as she is pushed to the point of incandescent fury (usually by a man, or at least by the indignities that come with living in a patriarchal society). Judy Berman, Time, 30 July 2025 Instead of a midyear January and August tax break on school supplies of about two weeks apiece, state legislators signed off on one full month to run for all of August. Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 29 July 2025 In came first-to-four-games sets, with no-ad scoring and a match tiebreak at a set apiece. Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 29 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for apiece

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of apiece was in the 15th century

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“Apiece.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apiece. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

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apiece

adverb
: for each one

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