单词 | per mensem |
释义 | per mensemadv. Chiefly with reference to a sum of money: (so much) every month, for or in each month, monthly. Cf. per diem adv., per annum adv. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > [adverb] monthly1463 month after montha1591 per mensem1600 month by month1611 1600 Ld. Mountjoy in Cal. Documents Ireland (1879) 423 We have adventured to erect a passage boat for that purpose, at the rate of 10l. per mensem, as the other post-barks have. 1699 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 595 Allowing 4l. a man per mensem for ware and tear, charge of the ordnance included. 1721 L. Braddon Proposal for Relieving, Reforming & Employing Poor of Great Brit. 61 Their Victualling will come to, One Hundred and Twenty Pounds Per Mensem. 1788 F. Gladwin tr. Abd Al-Karim Ibn Akibat Ibn Muhammad Bulaki Mem. Khojeh Abdulkurreem 33 He was received with great respect by Nizam-ul-Mulk, who allowed him an establishment of one thousand rupees per mensem. 1810 T. Williamson E. India Vade-mecum I. 284 The manjy is usually paid from five to seven rupees per mensem. 1886 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties (ed. 2) 3 A nice retaining fee Supplied, of course, per mensem, by the Indian Treasury. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin vi. 88 The sum of ten shillings per mensem was supposed..to suffice for the midshipmen's needs in the way of extras. 1965 New Statesman 24 Sept. 466/3 (advt.) The amounts mentioned below refer to Malayan dollars (per mensem) and their approximate sterling equivalent. 1995 Mod. Asian Stud. 29 493 The legal limit to the rate of interest was 3 per cent per mensem. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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