Per Diem Definition

pər dēəm, dīəm
per-diems
adverb
By the day.
Webster's New World
Daily.
Webster's New World
Paid by the day.
Webster's New World
A daily allowance, as for expenses.
Webster's New World
By or through the day. Daily pay or daily expense allowance.
Webster's New World Law
Synonyms:
adjective
Reckoned on a daily basis; daily.
American Heritage
Paid by the day.
American Heritage
noun
An allowance for daily expenses.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • outlay
  • routine expense(s)
  • daily expense(s)
  • costs

Other Word Forms of Per Diem

Noun

Singular:
per diem
Plural:
per-diems

Origin of Per Diem

  • Latin per per diem accusative of diēs day

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin per + diem (“day").

    From Wiktionary

Per Diem Sentence Examples

  • The members of both houses receive a per diem subsidy.

  • It is common for there to be additional funds beyond the amount owed on the card since most government travelers receive a per diem amount of money for every day they travel on official orders.

  • The city is lighted by gas and electricity, - it was one of the first cities in the United States to adopt electric lighting, - and has a good watersupply system, owned by a private corporation, with a 41 acre filter plant of 18,000,000 gallons per diem capacity and an additional supply of water pumped from deep wells outside the city.

  • This policy pays a per diem benefit for each day you are confined to hospital or in an acute recovery care facility.

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