[U,C] (from Latin, especially AmE) money paid, for example to employees, for things they need to buy every day:
He will get $14000 a year in per diem to help with the higher costs of living in Washington. * a per diem allowance
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, per diem is tagged as noun.
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