each

All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).

Adverb

  1. For one; apiece; per.
    • The apples cost 50 cents each.
  2. Individually; separately; used in a sentence with a plural subject to indicate that the action or state described by the verb applies to all members of the described group individually, rather than collectively to the entire group.
    • We ordered half a chicken each, but we each got a whole one.
    • You are each right in a different way.
    • There are three of us and we have five dollars each, so that means we've got 15 dollars.

Origin

From Middle English eche, elche, ilch, from Old English ǣlċ, contraction of ǣġhwelċ. Comparable to aye + alike. Compare Scots ilk, elk (“each, every”), Saterland Frisian älk (“each”), West Frisian elk, elts (“each”), Dutch elk (“each”), Low German elk, ellik (“each”), German Low German elk, elke (“each, every”), German jeglicher (“any”). By surface analysis, Old English ā + which.

Forms

aich aitch eache eatch eatche ech eche eich etch eych eyche yeach

Determiner

  1. All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).
    • Make sure you wash each bowl well.
    • The sun comes up each morning and sets each night.
    • Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both...

Forms

aich aitch eache eatch eatche ech eche eich etch eych eyche yeach

Derived

each and every each other eachwhere to each his own

Noun

  1. An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.
    • In one embodiment, there is an additional charge when ordering products as an “each” compared to the unit cost of the item when ordered by the case. - 1999, William S. Paasche, Thomas D. Kerker, System and method for...
    • An each, piece, single item, or individual item package. - 2007, David E. Mulcahy, Eaches or Pieces Order Fulfillment, Design, and Operations Handbook (Series on resource management), Auerbach Publications, →ISBN, page...
    • The commonly used term “each” means that each individual item is one unit. - 2012, Arthur V. Hill, “unit of measure”, in Barry Render, editor, The Encyclopedia of Operations Management, FT Press, →ISBN, page 373:

Forms

eaches aich aitch eache eatch eatche ech eche eich etch eych eyche yeach

Related

quantifier

Derived

a bob each way at each other's throats crawl over each other each to his own each to their own each-way each way live in each other's pockets made for each other side by each to each their own two bob each way

Pronoun

  1. Every one/thing individually or one by one.
    • I'm going to give each of you a chance to win.
    • From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.

Forms

aich aitch eache eatch eatche ech eche eich etch eych eyche yeach