The AI-powered English dictionary
plural livres
(historical) A unit of currency formerly used in France, divided into 20 sols or sous. quotations
They like to see them awarded comfortable pensions. Is it 700,000 livres a year to the Polignac family?
1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 115
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 […] .
2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 30
(historical) An ancient French unit of weight, equal to about 1 avoirdupois pound.