How to Use per diem in a Sentence

per diem

1 of 2 adverb
  • Employees will be given $20 per diem for expenses.
  • Of course, employers don’t have to stick to the per diem rate.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Net revenue per diem is the net revenue per passenger cruise day.
    — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024
  • But the production has no obligation to get you there, lodge you there or pay you a per diem.
    — Joanne Kaufman, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2023
  • That includes car mileage, parking, $55 per diem, hotels and meals.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 22 June 2025
  • State lawmakers are paid a salary by the state and also are paid per diem and mileage expenses.
    — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 20 May 2025
  • Players will buy some meals on non-game days, but the per diem allowance is generous, all things considered.
    — Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Their complaint may have had something to do with the fact that commissioners had cut the per diem to $13.
    — Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2024
  • That means fewer commissions paid out to travel agents, which is included in gross per diems but netted out of the net per diem line.
    — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024
  • The nickel-and-diming goes all the way down to how much travel, relocation and per diem expenses are shelled out.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 24 July 2023
  • The federal government pays the local jails a per diem rate for each detainee, as well as transportation and meal costs.
    — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 9 Aug. 2025
  • The federal government pays the local jails a per diem rate for each detainee, as well as transportation and meal costs. Clay County in Brazil, just outside of Terre Haute, is home to one of the largest ICE detention centers in the Midwest.
    — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 2 Aug. 2025
  • The pressure became so great that Sheehan decided to switch to a part time, per diem role at the same hospital.
    — Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Stapp said that didn’t include airfare, per diem for those attending, car rentals and hotel costs for those not on the union’s master account.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
  • Part of that is the $247 per diem lawmakers received for meals and other expenses.
    — Sophia Eppley, AJC.com, 26 June 2026
  • Most of these are full-time positions — of the more than 700 hires, just 69 are part-time and 37 are per diem.
    — Victoria Le, Oc Register, 23 Nov. 2025
  • This is a per diem payment given to employees in the place of reimbursements for travel expenses.
    — Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2025
  • With the new addition, the jail's ICE detainee population soared — and so did its per diem rate.
    — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Around the turn of the century, the per diem for Tarrant County prisoners was 30 cents for three hot meals a day.
    — Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2024
  • Recently, Meta did a small number of layoffs, and some of those people were apparently fired for not using a per diem food credit.
    — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Players are not provided with a per diem allocation which can be expensed, given that their travel and food are already included.
    — Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Sosa concluded Ingram wasn’t restricted by the city’s per diem rates or uniform allowance as an executive.
    — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 3 Apr. 2025
  • County jails that have contracts to house ICE detainees receive a per diem rate from the federal government.
    — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 12 Aug. 2025
  • As part of the deal, the publisher put the women up in one of Las Vegas’ top hotels and provided them with a daily $20 per diem.
    — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The expenses included per diem food costs for trip participants, along with Madison airport parking, seat upgrades, and extra bags on the flights.
    — Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Flight attendants' per diem on multiday trips is not taxed because flight attendants are identified as away from home, but per diem on one-day turns is less money and taxable, according to the union.
    — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2024
  • While the housing options differ depending on the contract, Shindle said that, in some cases, members have had to dip into their salaries to cover stays because the per diem isn’t enough.
    — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Equity’s priorities for the touring contract include increasing members’ per diem rates to cover the rising cost of food and housing on the road and wage increases.
    — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The writers don’t get paid upfront or receive a per diem — a major point of contention in the community — and work on contingency, hoping to secure a spot on tomorrow’s biggest song.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 24 July 2025
  • Two former schedulers also told the Globe that Berrios repeatedly ordered them to punish per diem interpreters who had provoked her ire by removing them from the schedule.
    — Ivy Scott, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2023

per diem

2 of 2 noun
  • He received a $30 per diem for food.
  • The per diems were small, and there were no bonuses for winning.
    — Ken Belson, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Ducey waited until nearly the last minute to take action on the per diem issue.
    — Maria Polletta, azcentral, 7 June 2019
  • Instead, most flight attendants get about $2 per hour of travel as a small per diem.
    — Alyse Whitney, Bon Appetit, 23 Aug. 2017
  • The schools’ only expenses are the bus and per diem, which won’t be taken out of the proceeds.
    — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 13 Oct. 2017
  • For an artist on the road, everything from tour buses to lodging to per diems can count as a deduction.
    — Matt Wake, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2019
  • Board members go unpaid, other than a spit-in-the-wind, $100 per diem for each day the group meets.
    — Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 Oct. 2017
  • The players gave that up and didn’t get enough in return, settling for more days off, better travel, per diems, stuff like that.
    — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 6 Feb. 2018
  • The average per diem, per passenger cost for a U cruise is $315.
    — Ellen Uzelac, chicagotribune.com, 26 Nov. 2019
  • The department also hired nine new per diem nurses, with hopes of hiring 110.
    — Trisha Thadani, SFChronicle.com, 23 Mar. 2020
  • Tulane offered to provide another night of lodging and a meal per diem that could have kept the three-man umpire crew intact for the full game.
    — Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com, 15 Apr. 2018
  • On average, the per diem for an ICE detainee is around two hundred dollars per day.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2020
  • The budget includes a 74 percent boost in salaries, cars, staff and travel per diem for members of parliament.
    — Jacqueline Charles, miamiherald, 12 Sep. 2017
  • The Senate also prohibited the two from receiving per diem or mileage payments for the rest of the year.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
  • Meanwhile, lead actress Michelle Williams was not told about Wahlberg’s deal and received a per diem fee of $80.
    — Kristen Bellstrom, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Their per diem was $5; Yanda figured out the best value on the Dollar Menu pretty quickly.
    — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 24 Nov. 2019
  • House Speaker Dade Phelan has asked the absent House members to return their per diem payments.
    — Dallas News, 14 July 2021
  • The Senate didn't pay the $155 per diem to Clark for that meeting at the behest of Senate leaders.
    — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2022
  • But Davis testified that in the end, all the payments that the sheriff received from the fund matched the expenses and the per diem money that was owed to Blakely.
    — Ashley Remkus | [email protected], al, 21 July 2021
  • The Senate didn't pay the $155 per diem to Clark for that meeting at the behest of Senate leaders, the committee found.
    — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 21 July 2022
  • When doing things like calculating per diems or checking compliance, automation can dramatically reduce errors.
    — Egor Karpovich, Forbes.com, 26 Feb. 2026
  • To purchase even a single international ticket, the NGO may need to satisfy donor rules, Fly America Act requirements, Open Skies agreements, per diem constraints and so on.
    — Egor Karpovich, Forbes.com, 26 Feb. 2026

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