the cost of showing an advertisement to a thousand people using a particular form of advertising, such as television or newspapers 每千人成本（指在广告投放过程中，按每一千人看到某广告作为单价标准的计费方式）◆Media costs are usually compared in terms of cost per thousand. 媒体成本通常以每千人成本的方式来进行比较。◆On a cost-per-thousand basis, newspapers tend to be a cheap way of advertising. 按每千人成本计费，报章往往是一种廉价的广告媒体。
the amount an advertiser pays to the owner of a website for every thousand people who see or click on their advertisement 每千人成本（广告主以广告被每一千人次看到或点击计算给予网站主费用）
ⓘ The M in the abbreviation CPM represents mille, the Latin word for a thousand. M 在 CPM 的缩写中代表 mille，拉丁语“一千”的意思。