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  • cpm
    cpm
    cost per thousand.
  • CPM
    CPM
    cost per thousand.
  • c.p.m.
    c.p.m.
    abbreviation
    common particular meter.

cpm

1 American  
Commerce.
  1. cost per thousand.


CPM 2 American  
  1. Commerce. cost per thousand.

  2. Critical Path Method.


c.p.m. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Music. common particular meter.

  2. cycles per minute.


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Originally, payouts earned with the ad incentive program were calculated using a CPM model.

From The Verge ● Jun. 14, 2022

Because I know a ton of people in the space do that — where they're looking at CPM, CTR, all this stuff that I don't even know what it is.

From Salon ● May 15, 2022

Even a CPM of $50 in podcasting means a podcaster is only making five cents per listener.

From The Verge ● Nov. 18, 2021

“Waiting to be tested for C19,” wrote Mr. Christian, the managing partner of the research firm CPM Group, in an email.

From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2020

CPM is ad-industry jargon for “cost per mille”—that is, the cost an advertiser pays for 1,000 people to view a given ad.

From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2018

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