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livre

noun
\ ˈlēvrᵊ How to pronounce livre (audio) \

Definition of livre

1 : an old French monetary unit equal to 20 sols
2 : a coin representing one livre
3 : the pound of Lebanon and Sudan

Examples of livre in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 By 1715, the King had a hundred and sixty-five million livres in revenue from taxes and customs. — John Lanchester, The New Yorker, "The Invention of Money," 29 July 2019

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First Known Use of livre

1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for livre

French, from Old French, from Latin libra, a unit of weight

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