livre

Definition

A unit of currency formerly used in France, divided into 20 sols or sous.

Etymology

Borrowed from French livre. Doublet of arratel, libbra, Libra, libra, lira, litra, litre, and rottol.

Example Sentences

• "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 […]."