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per diem

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per di·em  (pr dm, dm) Abbr. p.d.
adv.
By the day; per day.
adj.
1. Reckoned on a daily basis; daily.
2. Paid by the day.
n. pl. per diems
An allowance for daily expenses.
[Latin : per, per + diem, accusative of dis, day.]
per diem [ˈpɜː ˈdaɪɛm ˈdiːɛm]
adv
every day or by the day
n
(Business / Commerce)
a.  an allowance for daily expenses, usually those incurred while working
b.  (as modifier) a per-diem allowance
[from Latin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.per diem - a daily allowance for living expenses (especially while traveling in connection with your job)
allowance - a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
Adv.1.per diem - one every day; "we'll save 100 man-hours per diem"
by the day
Translations
per diem [ˈpɜːˈdiːem]
A. ADV → por día
B. N (= allowance) → complemento m para gastos diarios
per diem
adv → pro Tag
adj → pro Tag; the per diem rate → der Tagessatz
n (esp US) → Tagessatz m


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In Johnston's Physical Atlas, the average rate of the several Atlantic currents is 33 miles per diem (some currents running at the rate of 60 miles per diem); on this average, the seeds of 14/100 plants belonging to one country might be floated across 924 miles of sea to another country; and when stranded, if blown to a favourable spot by an inland gale, they would germinate.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
In return for this Schulenberg was to send three meals per diem to Sarah's hall room by a waiter--an obsequious one if possible--and furnish her each afternoon with a pencil draft of what Fate had in store for Schulenberg's customers on the morrow.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
Oliver Twist and his companions suffered the tortures of slow starvation for three months: at last they got so voracious and wild with hunger, that one boy, who was tall for his age, and hadn't been used to that sort of thing (for his father had kept a small cook-shop), hinted darkly to his companions, that unless he had another basin of gruel per diem, he was afraid he might some night happen to eat the boy who slept next him, who happened to be a weakly youth of tender age.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
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