per mensem

American  

[per men-sem, per men-suhm] / pɛr ˈmɛn sɛm, pər ˈmɛn səm /

adverb

Latin.

1. by the month.

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per mensem British  

/ ˈpɜː ˈmɛnsəm /

adverb

1. every month or by the month

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Example Sentences

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

The pay, about five rupees per mensem, was paid irregularly and often in kind; two months' pay was deducted for clothing.

From Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute by Rodenbough, Theo. F.

My son, sir, is at this minute chief magistrate of Ramgunge in the Presidency of Bengal, and touching his four thousand rupees per mensem.

From Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Their wages were ten shillings per mensem, and it was curious to observe, that so eager were they to do their duty, that only one of them lay down from sea-sickness during the whole voyage. 

From A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 by Livingstone, David

In the latter year Dom Pedro suppressed monkeries and nunneries by disallowing masses, and by pensioning the holy tenantry with 9 dols. per mensem, afterwards, reduced to 5 dols.

From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir