livre
Americannoun
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livres
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of livre
1545–55; < Middle French, Old French < Latin lībra balance, pound
Example Sentences
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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
Charlemagne's livre was a Troyes1 pound of silver of definite fineness.
From The Paper Moneys of Europe Their Moral and Economic Significance by Francis Wrigley Hirst
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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