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

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per mensem

An allowance for each man per mensem, assigned formerly to the chaplain for pay.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

According to report, the pay of the army here is about five shillings per mensem, with a ration of two pounds of rice per diem.

From Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet by Knight, William Henry

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