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per mensem

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

adverb

Latin.
  1. by the month.


per mensem British  
/ ˈpɜː ˈmɛnsəm /

adverb

  1. every month or by the month

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Their pay, one with another, is four dollars per mensem.

From The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy by Henry Keppel

On the night before departure he had asked me for half a sovereign to leave with his wives, and he made me agree to an arrangement that they should receive two dollars per mensem.

From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

If they should go low among the nineties, we felt that our eleven dollars per mensem would be imperilled.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 by Various

These were called delegates, and received ten rupees each per mensem.

From My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills by James Johnstone, chevalier de Johnstone

Their pay varies from 100 to 1,000 piastres per mensem; it is, however, inferior to the Madinah salaries.

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

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