Definition of "per"

per¹

/pɜː(ɹ)/

preposition
1. For each.
2. To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).
3. (medicine) By the, by means of the, via the, through the.
4. In accordance with, as per

per²

/pɜː(ɹ)/

pronoun
third-person singular, gender-neutral, nominative case, accusative per, possessive adjective pers, possessive noun pers, reflexive perself
1. (rare, nonstandard) They (singular). Gender-neutral neologistic third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
  Quotations
  This is the same place the Houghtons came from? The place where someone we interacted with thought of going into law as a profession, decided per couldn't because per was a bdsmer, and most of the USAmerican bdsmers per was discussing it with agreed with per?
  1997 April 22, Anthony and Joy Hilbert, “ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules”, in alt.sex.bondage (Usenet)
2. (rare, nonstandard) Them (singular) Neologistic gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, suggested for use in place of him and her.
  Quotations
  This is the same place the Houghtons came from? The place where someone we interacted with thought of going into law as a profession, decided per couldn't because per was a bdsmer, and most of the USAmerican bdsmers per was discussing it with agreed with per?
  1997 April 22, Anthony and Joy Hilbert, “ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules”, in alt.sex.bondage (Usenet)
  "Kalypso!" I call out as phe disappears on the horizon. I did not know it, but I loved per.
  1998, Katherine Phelps, “Odysseus, She”, in Storytronics‎
  Whereas Christie had flirted with a lesbian identity prior to surgery, following surgery Christie found perself able to pursue per attraction to men, provided they related to per as a non-gendered person.
  2006 November 15, Richard Ekins, Dave King, The transgender phenomenon, Sage Publications, LCC HQ77.9.E55 2006, page 160
adjective
not comparable
1. (rare, nonstandard) Belonging to per, their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with gendered his and her.
  Quotations
  Whereas Christie had flirted with a lesbian identity prior to surgery, following surgery Christie found perself able to pursue per attraction to men, provided they related to per as a non-gendered person.
  2006, Richard Ekins, Dave King, The transgender phenomenon, Sage Publications, LCC HQ77.9.E55 2006, page 160

Definition of "per"

per1

preposition

per2

pronoun

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adjective

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per¹

per²