per year
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Definition
Adverb 1. For each year; annually; yearly: Used to express a rate, frequency, or amount that applies to a single year. It is often used in financial, statistical, or contractual contexts to specify a recurring amount over a one-year period.
Usage
The phrase "per year" is used to indicate that something happens, is paid, received, or measured over the course of one year. It is a standard unit for expressing annual rates. * It typically follows a numerical value. * It is commonly used with verbs like earn, pay, cost, produce, grow, and travel. * It can often be replaced by "annually" or "a year" without changing the meaning.
Examples
- Financial Context:
- The salary for the position is $75,000 per year.
- The interest on the savings account is calculated at 2% per year.
- The company pays a dividend of $1.50 per share per year.
- Measurement & Statistics:
- The factory has an output of 10,000 units per year.
- The tree grows approximately 30 centimeters per year.
- The average rainfall in the region is 1,200 millimeters per year.
Advanced Usage
- "Per annum": This is a formal, often Latin-derived synonym for "per year," frequently used in legal, financial, and academic writing.
- The lease agreement stipulates a rent increase of 3% per annum.
- Implied Frequency: When used with a singular event, "per year" can imply an average or a recurring instance.
- I visit my hometown twice per year. (This means annually, I make two visits.)
Variants and Related Words
- Annually (adverb): Happening once every year.
- The report is published annually.
- Yearly (adjective or adverb): Occurring or done once a year; every year.
- We have a yearly meeting. (adjective)
- The magazine is issued yearly. (adverb)
- Annual (adjective): Covering the period of one year; yearly.
- Her annual income is substantial.
Synonyms
- Annually
- Yearly
- Each year
- Every year
- Per annum
Related Phrases
- Per month/week/day: Similar structures used for different time periods (monthly, weekly, daily).
- He earns $5,000 per month.
- Per capita per year: A statistical measure meaning "for each person per year."
- The country's electricity consumption is 5,000 kWh per capita per year.
Adverb
- by the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received)
- he earned $100,000 per annum
- we issue six volumes per annum