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Per capita

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0

	per capita
     adj : per person; "among the states Connecticut has a high per
           capita income"
     adv : per person; "we are spending $5,000 per capita annually for
           education in this district" [syn: for each person, of
           each person]

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

	26 Moby Thesaurus words for "per capita":
   all, apiece, aside, distributional, distributive, each,
   each to each, equal, even stephen, fifty-fifty, half,
   half-and-half, halvers, one by one, particular, per, per annum,
   per head, pro rata, proportional, proportionate, prorated,
   respective, respectively, several, severally

Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

	PER CAPITA, by the head or polls. This term is applied when an estate is to 
be divided share and share alike. For example, if a legacy be given to the 
issue of A B, and A B at the time of his death, shall have two children and 
two grandchildren, his estate shall be divided into four parts, and the 
children and grandchildren shall each have one of them. 3 Ves. 257; 13 Ves. 
344. Vide 1 Rop. on Leg. 126, 130.

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