Definition of "per annum" []

• By the year; annually: a magazine subscription of 40 dollars per annum. (adverb)

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• "Decree No. 3903, which begins: "Aucto postremis hisce temporibus, maxime in calendariis particularibus, Officiorum duplicium numero, quum pauci supersint per annum dies, qui Missas privitas de Requie fieri permittant ....""
• "Less than £50,000 was ridiculous considering that the Honourable East India Company spent more than that per annum in bribes."
• "Thus, sales to LDCs were expected to grow by about 19% per annum over the next three years, or about five times the rate of growth in non-LDCs."