per mensem
Americanadverb
adverb
Example Sentences
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A compact was accordingly concluded, by which Bombay became my servant for the time being, at five dollars per mensem, with board and lodging on the journey found him.
From What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by Speke, John Hanning
This was probably the rate per mensem, four hundred per cent. per annum.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)
May their ways be smooth before them, and after honest service of the Government, may Pyramus retire on 250 rupees per mensem, into a nice little house somewhere in Monghyr or Chunar!
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard
These were called delegates, and received ten rupees each per mensem.
From My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills by Johnstone, James Johnstone, chevalier de
A pipe-bearer will engage himself for about £1 per mensem: he is always a veteran smoker, and, in these regions, it is an axiom that the flavour of your pipe mainly depends upon the filler.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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