livres
- plural of livre.
Example Sentences
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The crown was acquired by King Louis IX of France in Constantinople in 1239 for 135,000 livres - nearly half France's annual expenditure at the time.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2024
Few places were struck more severely than Beaune, the birthplace of Gamay, where records show a drop in the annual local wine monopoly bid from 65 livres in 1394 to just 27 livres in 1400.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2024
William Templeton Franklin arranged for her release and Mrs. Jay made a note that he had fronted 60 livres, likely the charge for Abigail’s meals, to secure her return.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2021
He then used the value of those shares, which rocketed from five hundred livres to ten thousand livres, to buy up the debts of the French King.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 29, 2019
At his peak, his personal earnings reached 150,000 livres a year–perhaps $20 million in today’s money.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
