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Definition of per capita adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

per capita

adjective

NAmE//pər ˈkæpət̮ə//

(from Latin)

for each person Per capita income rose sharply last year.

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per capita adverb

average earnings per capitaSee per capita in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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