- perFor each.
- parBy; with.
- paramountHighest, supreme; also, chief, leading, pre-eminent.
- paramourA person who is the object of one's love, especially in an affair or romance; a lover; also, a sexual partner.
- paravailAt the bottom; lowest (said of feudal tenants).
- parboilTo boil food briefly so that it is partly cooked.
- per centumPercent.
- per curiamAn opinion delivered by an entire court rather than a single judge.
- per diemPer day; daily.
- per stirpesA method of distributing an estate to the descendants or heirs of a deceased legatee in which the estate is divided equally among the branches of a family or designated heirs, without regard to differing numbers of people in different branches.