Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adverb
- for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each: We ate an orange apiece. The cakes cost a dollar apiece.
adverb
- (postpositive) for, to, or from each onethey were given two apples apiece
1550s, a contraction of a pece (mid-15c.), originally of coins, objects for sale, etc. (see a (2) + piece (n.)).