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
Bridgestone Corp. and Michelin & Cie., the world’s biggest tire makers, are boosting prices by as much as 15 percent, and Top Glove Corp., the largest rubber-glove producer, is charging more.
From BusinessWeek • Feb. 27, 2011
Michelin & Cie. climbed 2.2 percent as the world’s second- largest tiremaker announced that full-year profit exceeded analysts’ projections.
From BusinessWeek • Feb. 11, 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
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Among the foreign correspondents of his firm were the Barings of London, and Hottinguer et Cie. of Paris.
From Reminiscences, 1819-1899 by Howe, Julia Ward
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