On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, sagehen wrote: >>>Was it, as I always thought, simply a way of writing "ea." ? >>>A. Murie >> >>??? What would the <ea.> have signified? >> >>Bethany >~~~~~~~~~~ >Price per one; as in "2 pr. socks, ea. (@) .60 1.20". >AM Thanks - I did not know that <ea.> was ever used that way. Bethany