Andrew Su, CEO at brokerage Compass Global Markets said the average cost of producing gold in Australia, home to some of the world's biggest gold miners, has jumped from $500 an ounce in 2007 to over $1,000 an ounce this year.
Persons (plural) is a very formal word. We only use it in rather legalistic contexts: [notice in a lift] Any person or persons found in possession of illegal substances will be prosecuted.
Definition of person for Students. 1  1 : a human being considered as an individual I had never heard a person speak Arabic. Hint: The word person is sometimes used in compounds especially to avoid man in words that apply to both sexes. 2  2 : the body of a human being Keep your person neat.