per unit

For every one

Per unit means for each individual item, measure, or instance of something.

It expresses a rate or ratio relative to a single unit of measurement: The cost per unit drops when you order in bulk, calories per unit of food.

Common in business, science, and everyday calculations where standardizing by unit allows comparison.

Related

price · cost · ratio · dose · single · amount · charge · fee · quota · ration · serving · portion · slice · by the dozen · increment · piece · tick · meter

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Opposites
pricing/measurement granularity

per unitin bulk

bulk pricing · bulk · wholesale · bulk rate · en masse

calculation method

per unittotal

Complete sum

aggregate · in total · overall · collectively · combined

Family

per, unit, units, unite, united, unity, uniting, unitary, union

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Top 200,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G