100 percent effort
One's maximum amount of attention, energy, and determination toward some attempt; one's absolute best effort. Sometimes written as "one hundred percent effort" or "100% effort." OK, team, if we're going to win this game, each and everyone of us will have to give 100 percent effort! I always give 100% effort 100% of the time! If he says he gave this report 100% effort, he's lying—just look at all these typos and spelling mistakes!
a head
Per person, as of the price of something. The dinner is $40 a head—can you two afford that? Please tell me that this is the cost a couple and not the cost a head. We would be bringing five people to this event, so we simply can't go if it's $75 a head.
a/one hundred percent
Absolutely or completely; all the way. I'm one hundred percent certain this is the best course of action. I agree with their decision a hundred percent. Are you sure you're one hundred percent OK with this? Because we don't have to go through with it if you don't want to.
as per
In accordance with. Charlie stood me up tonight, as per usual. Please pay your rent on time, as per the terms of the lease. As per the doctor's orders, I'm going to stay home and rest today.
as per (something)
In accordance with something. As per the doctor's orders, I'm going to stay home and rest today. Charlie stood me up tonight, as per usual. Please pay your rent on time, as per the terms of the lease.
as per usual
As typically happens; as is usually the case. As per usual, my boyfriend didn't call me like he said he would. I'll be eating lunch outside on the picnic table, as per usual. Kevin's late, as per usual. Let's just get started without him.
head
1. vulgar slang An act or instance of oral sex, especially fellatio. I hear she gives great head. I was hoping I'd get some head at least, but my date wouldn't even kiss me at the end of the night.
2. vulgar slang The glans penis. You need to stop thinking with the head in your pants and start using the one on your neck.
3. slang A habitual user or addict (of something). Used in combination with other words. He turned into a real pothead during college. This neighborhood has a real problem with crackheads. Those potheads are always cutting class to lie around on the quad and do nothing.
4. slang An enthusiast (of something). Used in combination with other words. I like tinkering with cars, but I wouldn't call myself a gearhead or anything. You're a gamehead? Wow, OK then, what's your favorite video game? A: "That girl always seemed so prim and proper at school—I never would have thought she'd be a metalhead! B: "Yeah, man. Metallica, Megadeth, she's into it all."
5. informal A headache. Could you be a bit quieter? I've got quite a head this morning. I can't go to those hardcore rock shows with him anymore—they give me a head. Please tell me you have some acetaminophen I can take for this head I've got.
6. slang The toilet. Originally a nautical term. Man, I've gotta hit the head after all those drinks! Ah, Joe just went to the head—you just missed him. You grab a table while I hit the head, OK?
one per customer
A sales policy allowing only one of a particular product to be sold per customer. A: "I'd like to buy two of those laptops, please." B: "I'm sorry. Because of stock shortages, it is only one per customer for the time being."
one percent
The top 1% of the wealthiest people in a population. It's no secret that the system is rigged to favor and benefit the one percent, the people who already have the most money and need the least help to begin with!
per capita
By, of, or for each person in a given population. The government spends more per capita on healthcare than any other country in the world. Though the nation is tiny, it has the highest per capita income in all of Europe.
per curiam
From Latin, literally, "by the court," indicating decisions delivered unanimously by an appellate court as a whole, with no single judge as its author. In their unanimous per curiam opinion, the Supreme Court upheld the lower court's decision and instructed the disgraced politician to pay $30 million in damages.
per diem
An amount of money given by an organization to someone, typically an employee, to pay for expenses incurred while traveling. The phrase is Latin for "per day." Pro athletes usually get a nominal per diem while they're on road trips. The company won't give you a per diem for your business trip, but keep all of your receipts—you can submit them for reimbursement afterward.
per head
Per person, as of the price of something. The dinner is $40 per head—can you two afford that?
per se
In and of itself; as such; exactly. Commonly used in negative sentences to explain that isn't exactly what was suggested. From the Latin per sē, literally "by itself." It's not a personal parking space, per se, but rather a designated area reserved for team members to park in. A: "Will I earn a degree from this program?" B: "Not a degree, per se. You'll get a professional certification that will allow you to work in the field."
per stirpes
From Latin, literally, "by roots," indicating property and assets that are to be divided equally among the surviving descendants within a branch of one's family. I leave my entire estate to my three children, per stirpes.
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