Cie.
Americanabbreviation
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Commission Internationale de l'Éclairage
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Companion of the Indian Empire
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(in the Irish Republic) Coras Iompair Eireann
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Etymology
Origin of Cie.
From the French word Compagnie
Example Sentences
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Even the formidable C. Aubrey Smith, as the gruff chairman of Colet & Cie., never crosses her directly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Spain’s Actividades de Construccion & Servicios SA retreated 2.2 percent to 32.02 euros, while Cie. de Saint-Gobain SA, Europe’s biggest supplier of building materials, lost 2.2 percent to 44.29 euros.
From BusinessWeek • May 17, 2011
“The DB-NYSE deal would be better for the market and for customers, so economically it would make more sense,” said Christian Muschick, an analyst at Silvia Quandt & Cie. in Frankfurt.
From BusinessWeek • Apr. 1, 2011
During World War II Switzerland's Heberlein and Co., and France's Billion et Cie. were trying to find a way to make ersatz wool.
From Time Magazine Archive
At this point, the self-complacence bred of his contempt for Messrs. de Morbihan et Cie. bred in its turn a thought that brought the adventurer up standing.
From The Lone Wolf A Melodrama by Vance, Louis Joseph
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