Cie.
Americanabbreviation
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Commission Internationale de l'Éclairage
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Companion of the Indian Empire
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(in the Irish Republic) Coras Iompair Eireann
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Etymology
Origin of Cie.
From the French word Compagnie
Example Sentences
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Even the formidable C. Aubrey Smith, as the gruff chairman of Colet & Cie., never crosses her directly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Companies including Amazon.com Inc., the world’s largest online retailer, Michelin & Cie., the world’s second-largest tire maker, and Dell Inc., the world’s third-largest personal- computer maker, announced plans last year to invest in Scotland.
From BusinessWeek • Jan. 12, 2012
Spain’s Actividades de Construccion & Servicios SA retreated 2.2 percent to 32.02 euros, while Cie. de Saint-Gobain SA, Europe’s biggest supplier of building materials, lost 2.2 percent to 44.29 euros.
From BusinessWeek • May 17, 2011
And in Belgium, the huge chemical company of Solvay et Cie. held a meeting at which 1,800 family "partners" discussed increasing Solvay's capital by selling shares to the European public.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am kept quite busy at Laurette et Cie., thank goodness.
From The Adventures of Sally by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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