Found 2 items, similar to Per diem.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: per diem per diem adv : one every day; “we'll save 100 man-hours per diem” [syn: by the day ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Per diem Per diem \Per di"em\ [L.] By the day; substantively (chiefly U. S.), an allowance or amount of so much by the day. Also used adjectivally; as, a per diem allowance. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] Per \Per\, prep. [L. Cf. Far, For-, Pardon, and cf. Par, prep.] Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words. [1913 Webster] Per annum, by the year; in each successive year; annually. Per cent, Per centum, by the hundred; in the hundred; -- used esp. of proportions of ingredients, rate or amount of interest, and the like; commonly used in the shortened form per cent. Per diem, by the day. [For other phrases from the Latin, see Quotations, Phrases, etc., from Foreign Languages, in the Supplement.] [1913 Webster]