Etymology

per annum

Today it means: In a year. Full definition →

Late Latin per annum
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  1. Late Latin · borrowed fromper annum
  2. English todayper annum

Borrowed from Late Latin per annum, English from the 16th century.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.