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
Michelin & Cie., the world’s second-largest tiremaker, gained 4.3 percent to 48.60 euros as a gauge of auto stocks was the best performer of the 19 industry groups in the Stoxx 600.
From BusinessWeek • Oct. 12, 2011
During World War II Switzerland's Heberlein and Co., and France's Billion et Cie. were trying to find a way to make ersatz wool.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Other letters were of business dealings with well-known Fifth Avenue art galleries of Pierre Jacot & Cie., quite natural in view of Miss Fleming's long residence in France.
From The Social Gangster by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
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