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

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 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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

In 1850 the 'boys' received 5_s._ per mensem in goods, which reduced it to 3_s._

From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

And at the end of the war we were receiving the same number of pounds per mensem in paper as we had received at the beginning in gold.

From A Prisoner in Turkey by Still, John

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