How to use "per" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "per" in popular movie and book plots

  • Despite the dangers, many of the locals volunteer, lured by the high pay: US$2,000 per driver.  - The Wages of Fear
  • Taking it to heart, Lwaxana arrives at the wedding naked as per Betazoid custom, and Campio, offended, leaves her at the altar.  - Cost of Living (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
  • Expect to join you Wednesday week per Kioto Maru.  - Madame Butterfly (short story)
  • She gives birth and the midwife gives a tripartite scale of the costs of bearing a child, with one value level per social class.  - Moll Flanders
  • Dean drives most of the way, crazy, careless, often speeding over 100 miles per hour, bringing it in a disheveled state.  - On the Road
  • His agent informs him that Capitol Pictures in Hollywood has offered him a thousand dollars per week to write film scripts.  - Barton Fink
  • Lasker Jones refers to his condition as "congenital homosexuality" and claims a 50 per cent success rate in "curing" this "condition".  - Maurice (novel)
  • After being asked, she reveals her name is Janine, but also instructs Finch to resume calling her "Stifler’s mom" as per usual.  - American Pie 2
  • But when Kim finds out how much the parents have to pay per month, she takes Ben out of Chapman and looks for other daycare facilities.  - Daddy Day Care
  • He reacts to Smails' taunts by impulsively redoubling the wager to $80,000 per team.  - Caddyshack
  • Yusef offers to lend Scobie the money at four percent per annum.  - The Heart of the Matter
  • Antoine is placed in an observation center for troubled youths near the seashore (as per his mother's wishes).  - The 400 Blows
  • As per the blackmail, George and Harold are forced to wake up at 6:00M.  - The Adventures of Captain Underpants
  • Pip's income is fixed at £500 per annum when he comes of age at twenty-one.  - Great Expectations
  • They find her on the airship, and accompany her to Castle Sasune as per her suggestion.  - Final Fantasy III
  • He wants the development of psychohistory to help him better protect humanity, as per "The Zeroth Law Of Robotics".  - Prelude to Foundation

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