Livre

Definitions

1. A unit of currency formerly used in France, divided into 20 sols or sous.
   historical
2. A lira
   obsolete
3. An ancient French unit of weight, equal to about 1 avoirdupois pound.
   historical

Equivalents

Examples

“They like⟳ to see⟳ them awarded comfortable pensions. Is it 700,000 livres a year to the Polignac family?”

“He never, it should be noted, totally renounced his inheritance: a critic of the court round, he benefited to the tune⟳ of a cool two million livres a year from royal largesse […].”

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