livre
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of livre
1545–55; < Middle French, Old French < Latin lībra balance, pound
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This is the challenge the village du livre must now confront.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2021
Juan Gris' "Le livre" went under the hammer for 10.3 million pounds, just short of the low estimate of 12 million.
From Reuters ● Feb. 8, 2012
And whether, for all its show-bateauing, this livre isn't really a load of aurochs.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2010
A livre was worth about three cents now.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
As regards the above, in plain English we may call a livre a franc, a sou a half-penny, and a liard a half-farthing, as current in Jersey.
From The Coinages of the Channel Islands by Lowsley, B.
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
Unfortunately, the annual bill for annuities and wages of lifetime offices came to ninety million livres.
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
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