- a variation of liter.
litre
Britishnoun
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one cubic decimetre
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(formerly) the volume occupied by 1 kilogram of pure water at 4°C and 760 millimetres of mercury. This is equivalent to 1.000 028 cubic decimetres or about 1.76 pints
Etymology
Origin of litre
C19: from French, from Medieval Latin litra, from Greek: a unit of weight
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Similarly, average UK diesel prices are currently touching record highs, with data from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero showing that on 5 October a litre cost 199p.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
"Pump prices should not have to follow every swing in global crude or the exchange rates," Oyedele said, adding that the government was "negotiating a ceiling of 1,350 naira a litre".
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
It shows that over the past week the average price of a litre of diesel was 193.3p.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
That compares with about 124p a litre before the conflict began but well below the peak of almost 190p in the summer of 2022.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
It had a capacity of one litre and was nearly full.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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