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apiece
CIDE DICTIONARY
apiece, adv. [Pref. a- + piece.].
Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece. Hume. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
apiece, adv. for each one; severally (had five pounds apiece).
Etymology
A(2) + PIECE
ROGET THESAURUS
apiece
Speciality
N speciality, specialite, individuality, individuity, particularity, peculiarity, idiocrasy, personality, characteristic, mannerism, idiosyncrasy, specificness, singularity, reading, version, lection, state, trait, distinctive feature, technicality, differentia, particulars, details, items, counts, minutiae, I, self, I myself, myself, himself, herself, itself, special, particular, individual, specific, proper, personal, original, private, respective, definite, determinate, especial, certain, esoteric, endemic, partial, party, peculiar, appropriate, several, characteristic, diagnostic, exclusive, singular, idiomatic, idiotypical, typical, this, that, yon, yonder, specially, especially, particularly, in particular, in propria persona, ad hominem, for my part, each, apiece, one by one, one at a time, severally, respectively, each to each, seriatim, in detail, in great detail, in excruciating detail, in mind-numbing detail, bit by bit, pro hac vice, pro re nata, namely, that is to say, for example, id est, exemplia gratia, e, g, i, e, videlicet, viz, to wit, le style est l'homme meme.For further exploring for "apiece" in Webster Dictionary Online