per mensem
Americanadverb
adverb
Example Sentences
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May their ways be smooth before them, and after honest service of the Government, may Pyramus retire on 250 rupees per mensem, into a nice little house somewhere in Monghyr or Chunar!
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling
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
Labour ranges from sixteen to twenty-four francs per mensem; and coolies could not command more than twenty-five francs, including 'subsistence.'
From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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 William Henry Knight
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 Sir Richard Francis Burton
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