per-capita income — ➔ income … Financial and business terms
per capita — per cap•i•ta [[t]pər ˈkæp ɪ tə[/t]] adj. adv. by or for each individual person: income per capita[/ex] • Etymology: 1675–85; < L: lit., by heads … From formal English to slang
per capita — /pə kæpɪtə/ adjective, adverb for each person ♦ average income per capita or per capita income average income of one person … Dictionary of banking and finance
per capita — adverb or adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin, by heads Date: 1682 1. equally to each individual 2. per unit of population ; by or for each person < the highest income per capita of any state in the union > … New Collegiate Dictionary
per capita — /peuhr kap i teuh/ 1. by or for each individual person: income per capita. 2. Law. noting or pertaining to a method of dividing an estate by which all those equally related to the decedent take equal shares individually without regard to the… … Universalium
Per capita income — means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone. Per capita income is usually… … Wikipedia
per capita — per cap‧i‧ta [pə ˈkæptə ǁ pər ] adverb ECONOMICS for or by each person: • Japanese visitors spending per capita was much higher than average spending by tourists from other countries. • The US uses twice as much oil per capita as European… … Financial and business terms
Per capita — is a Latin phrase meaning for each head with Per meaning through or by ...and... capita (sg.: caput) meaning heads . Both words together equate to the phrase for each head .It is usually used in the field of statistics to indicate the average per … Wikipedia
per-capita — per cap‧i‧ta [pə ˈkæptə ǁ pər ] adverb ECONOMICS for or by each person: • Japanese visitors spending per capita was much higher than average spending by tourists from other countries. • The US uses twice as much oil per capita as European… … Financial and business terms
per capita — per cap|i|ta [ pər kæpıtə ] adjective FORMAL based on calculations that show the average amount for each person affected: a rise in per capita income ╾ per cap|i|ta adverb: Britain spends more per capita on defense than many other European… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
