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
Companies including Amazon.com Inc., the world’s largest online retailer, Michelin & Cie., the world’s second-largest tire maker, and Dell Inc., the world’s third-largest personal- computer maker, announced plans last year to invest in Scotland.
From BusinessWeek • Jan. 12, 2012
Michelin & Cie. led gains in auto-industry shares, surging 5.1 percent to 66.95 euros.
From BusinessWeek • Apr. 26, 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
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The present house of Mellier and Cie. are his successors, Mellier having been in his employ.
From Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time by Litchfield, Frederick
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