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/ˈliːvɹə/ · noun
(historical) A unit of currency formerly used in France, divided into 20 sols or sous..
They like to see them awarded comfortable pensions. Is it 700,000 livres a year to the Polignac family?
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 […].
Use livre when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Livre means (historical) A unit of currency formerly used in France, divided into 20 sols or sous..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
They like to see them awarded comfortable pensions. Is it 700,000 livres a year to the Polignac family?
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