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

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

Another unwise plan adopted by the French Company is to stipulate upon twenty working-days, each of ten hours per mensem, in default of which salaries undergo proportional deduction.

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

He therefore compromised matters by offering Walad £1000 per mensem, on condition that he should leave his old king alone.

From General Gordon A Christian Hero by Churchill, Seton

Labourers are hired at the rate of two to three dollars per mensem, and gangs would easily be collected if one of the chiefs were placed in command.

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

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