How to Use per head in a Sentence

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  • But for groups of two, hotels tend to come out cheaper per head.
    — Nerdwallet, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Sanger will now travel to play Canton on Friday, per head coach Rocky Smart.
    — Tess Demeyer, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Each application is good for up to six hikers and costs $10 per head.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 26 Nov. 2020
  • This works out to a fraction of a square foot of retail space per capita, compared to 24 square feet per head in the U.S. and around five square feet in China.
    — Ajay Prasad, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • NerdWallet compared the price per head for Airbnbs with a max capacity of two adults against a hotel room in the same city.
    — Sally French, oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Killing and burying cattle is only worth $2 per head to a constable.
    — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 18 May 2022
  • The East Midlands fares even worse with investment per head just one-quarter of the total enjoyed in London.
    — Ben Jones, CNN, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Three times slower: Its average pick time was over 30 seconds per head.
    — Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 11 July 2019
  • Look at the productivity of your team and assess revenue per head.
    — Michael Hoffman, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Today, Lyon is still littered with its historic bouchons—in fact, there are more restaurants per head than in any other in France.
    — Monica Mendal, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2024
  • NerdWallet broke out the price per head to understand whether Airbnbs are really cheaper for groups.
    — Nerdwallet, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Annual investment is more than $1,330 per head in the capital compared to about one third that in Yorkshire and the northeast of England.
    — Ben Jones, CNN, 27 Nov. 2021
  • The Amazon pack gives me 5 replacement heads at once for just over $5 per head, while Walmart only offers a 3-pack that boils down to over $6 per replacement head.
    — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 30 June 2023
  • In Liverpool, where the Conservatives have not won a Parliamentary seat for forty years, spending, per head, fell more than in any other city in the country.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The senior also paced North Garland’s defensive line, which allowed just 90 rushing yards and is one of the team’s most dependable units, per head coach Taurus Rucker.
    — Greg McKenna, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Getting those elements right is crucial right now if spending per head is to be increased successfully.
    — Kevin Rozario, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
  • State beef councils are allocated 50 cents for every head of cattle sold in the U.S., and receive an additional $1 per head of cattle sold in their respective states.
    — Emma Balter, Chron, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Just a handful of law firms worldwide have the expertise to navigate arbitration proceedings, with teams of lawyers often making $3,000 per head per hour in cases that can stretch on for years.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 8 July 2020
  • The Xinjiang provincial government pays local governments a price per head to organize labor assignments.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Commissioned by banks and crafted by a prominent management consultancy, this report listed amongst other things, the average revenue per head across various financial companies.
    — Damian Bunce, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023

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