per annum
adverb (written abbreviation p.a.) formalDefinition
› used in business when referring to an amount that is produced, sold, or spent each year: The country exports goods worth $600 million per annum.Relating to regular periods of timeForms of money and methods of payment
(Definition of per annum adverb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -ly suffix (ADJECTIVE)
- afternoons adverb
- annual adjective
- annum noun
- bi- prefix (TWICE)
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- hourly adjective
- monthly adjective, adverb
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