1. per diem - Noun
2. per diem - Adjective
3. per diem - Adverb
one every day
a daily allowance for living expenses (especially while traveling in connection with your job)
Source: WordNetCarpe per diem - seize the check. Robin Williams
When I was working at Teleflora, I got booked to do 'Talladega Nights,' so I went and did that. That was really my first big break ev-er. I made as much from my per diem during the three-month shoot as I did for the entire previous year. Jack McBrayer
we'll save 100 man-hours per diem Source: Internet
After the reports broke, WCCO uncovered Facebook posts credited to the account Anthony Caudle, listed on the company’s website as the chairman and co-founder of Atlas Aegis, offering payment of $700 per day — along with $210 per diem — to staff Minnesota. Source: Internet
As HJTA threatens a lawsuit, Yamamura reports that Chiang did halt the weekly per diem checks pending his decision. Source: Internet
•Approved a per diem meal reimbursement procedure. Source: Internet