per

Etymology 1

From Latin per (“through, during”), from Proto-Indo-European *per. Doublet of par.

prep

1. For each.
   Admission is £10 per person.
   miles per gallon
   beats per minute
   $2.50 per dozen
2. To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).
   12 inches per foot
   100 centimeters per meter
3. (medicine) By the, by means of the, via the, through the.
   Introduce the endoscope per nasum.
   The medication is to be administered per os.
4. In accordance with, as per
   I parked my car at the curb per your request.
   Implement a program that computes the approximate grade level needed to comprehend some text, per the below.
   Note that while the walkthrough illustrates that words may be separated by more than one space, you may assume, per the specifications above, that no sentences will contain more than one space in a row.

Etymology 2

shortening of person, coined by Marge Piercy in Woman on the Edge of Time (1979)

pron

1. (rare, nonstandard) They (singular). Gender-neutral neologistic third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
   This is the same place the Houghtons came from? The place where someone we interacted with thought of going into law as a profession, decided per couldn't because per was a bdsmer, and most of the USAmerican bdsmers per was discussing it with agreed with per? April 22 1997, Anthony and Joy Hilbert, “ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules”, in alt.sex.bondage (Usenet)
2. (rare, nonstandard) Them (singular) Neologistic gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, suggested for use in place of him and her.
   This is the same place the Houghtons came from? The place where someone we interacted with thought of going into law as a profession, decided per couldn't because per was a bdsmer, and most of the USAmerican bdsmers per was discussing it with agreed with per? April 22 1997, Anthony and Joy Hilbert, “ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules”, in alt.sex.bondage (Usenet)
   "Kalypso!" I call out as phe disappears on the horizon. I did not know it, but I loved per. 1998, Katherine Phelps, “Odysseus, She”, in Storytronics
   Whereas Christie had flirted with a lesbian identity prior to surgery, following surgery Christie found perself able to pursue per attraction to men, provided they related to per as a non-gendered person. 2006-11-15, Richard Ekins, Dave King, The transgender phenomenon, Sage Publications, →LCCN, LCC HQ77.9.E55 2006, page 160

adj

1. (rare, nonstandard) Belonging to per, their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with gendered his and her.
   Whereas Christie had flirted with a lesbian identity prior to surgery, following surgery Christie found perself able to pursue per attraction to men, provided they related to per as a non-gendered person. 2006, Richard Ekins, Dave King, The transgender phenomenon, Sage Publications, →LCCN, LCC HQ77.9.E55 2006, page 160