per

det

Etymology: Clipping of person, coined by American novelist and poet Marge Piercy in Woman on the Edge of Time (1979)

1. Belonging to per; their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with gendered his and her.

   “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.”

noun

1. Initialism of protein efficiency ratio.
2. Initialism of price-earnings ratio.

prep

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin perder. English per From Latin per (“through, during”), from Proto-Indo-European *per. Doublet of par.

1. For each.

   “Admission is £10 per person.”

   “miles per gallon”

2. To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).

   “12 inches per foot”

   “100 centimeters per meter”

3. By the, through the (with name of body part in Latin).

   “Introduce the endoscope per nasum.”

   “The medication is to be administered per os.”

4. In accordance with, as per.

   “I parked my car at the curb per your request.”

   “Implement a program that computes the approximate grade level needed to comprehend some text, per the below.”

5. According to.

   “Bucks trading for Patrick Beverley, per sources”

   “The Heat were too close to the luxury tax line -- $1.6 million over before this trade, per ESPN's Bobby Marks”

pron

Etymology: Clipping of person, coined by American novelist and poet Marge Piercy in Woman on the Edge of Time (1979)

1. They (singular). Gender-neutral neologistic third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.

   “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?”

2. Them (singular) Neologistic gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, suggested for use in place of him and her.

   “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?”

   “"Kalypso!" I call out as phe disappears on the horizon. I did not know it, but I loved per.”