liran.

Brit.

/ˈlɪərə/, U.S.

/ˈlirə/

Forms: Plural ‖ lire /ˈlire/, rarely liras. Also 1600s in anglicized form lire.

Etymology: < Italian lira, a contracted form of Latin lībra pound: see libra n.

1. The name of an Italian silver coin; the unit of monetary value in Italy until the adoption of the euro (Euro n.² 1a) in January 1999. The lira ceased to be legal tender when euro coins and banknotes were introduced in 2002.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Italian or Sicilian coins

florin1303

janec1386

ducatc1470

ouncec1520

bajoccoa1549

denara1549

julioa1549

zecchino1572

chequina1587

mocenigo1599

soldo1599

quattrino1605

gazet1607

lira1617

paolo1617

sequin1617

julet1632

betso1641

quadruple1655

scudoc1660

doppy1691

Venetian1698

carlin?1706

pentecontalitron1738

paul1767

crazia1805

centesimo1840

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 70 I bought..a fat hen for two lires.

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 354 A Bracera..may be hired from Venice to Trieste for fifty or sixty lire. [Note] A lira is about 6d. sterling.

1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. i. 3 I found this book, Gave a lira for it, eightpence English just.

1877 L. W. M. Lockhart Mine is Thine iv The money went to the marchioness..who may have fed the hungry and clothed the naked with the lire of the angry man.

1884 F. Boyle On Borderland 237 A baksheesh of two liras.

2. A monetary unit in Turkey.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > specific Turkish

asper1587

lira1871

1871 Murray's Handbk. Turkey in Asia (new ed.) 27 The coinage consists of copper, silver, and gold, at the rate of 100 piastres to the Turkish pound or lira.

1884 F. Boyle On Borderland 237 The high wall on our left was that of the pasha's grounds. The one-eyed calender informed me that he could get permission to visit them next day, for a baksheesh of two liras. Thirty-six shillings seemed too much to pay for a stroll through a burnt-up garden.

1904 Daily Chron. 17 Feb. 3/6 A thousand Turkish liras weigh about 14 lb.

1912 T. E. Lawrence Let. 10 Feb. (1938) 136 The foot seal must be worth a lira at the least.

1975 J. Rathbone Kill Cure iii. vii. 128 ‘How much?’..‘Forty dollars or twenty-five sterling. Turkish lira, much more.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lira
释义	liran. Brit. /ˈlɪərə/, U.S. /ˈlirə/ Forms: Plural ‖ lire /ˈlire/, rarely liras. Also 1600s in anglicized form lire. Etymology: < Italian lira, a contracted form of Latin lībra pound: see libra n. 1. The name of an Italian silver coin; the unit of monetary value in Italy until the adoption of the euro (Euro n.² 1a) in January 1999. The lira ceased to be legal tender when euro coins and banknotes were introduced in 2002. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Italian or Sicilian coins florin1303 janec1386 ducatc1470 ouncec1520 bajoccoa1549 denara1549 julioa1549 zecchino1572 chequina1587 mocenigo1599 soldo1599 quattrino1605 gazet1607 lira1617 paolo1617 sequin1617 julet1632 betso1641 quadruple1655 scudoc1660 doppy1691 Venetian1698 carlin?1706 pentecontalitron1738 paul1767 crazia1805 centesimo1840 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 70 I bought..a fat hen for two lires. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 354 A Bracera..may be hired from Venice to Trieste for fifty or sixty lire. [Note] A lira is about 6d. sterling. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. i. 3 I found this book, Gave a lira for it, eightpence English just. 1877 L. W. M. Lockhart Mine is Thine iv The money went to the marchioness..who may have fed the hungry and clothed the naked with the lire of the angry man. 1884 F. Boyle On Borderland 237 A baksheesh of two liras. 2. A monetary unit in Turkey. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > specific Turkish asper1587 lira1871 1871 Murray's Handbk. Turkey in Asia (new ed.) 27 The coinage consists of copper, silver, and gold, at the rate of 100 piastres to the Turkish pound or lira. 1884 F. Boyle On Borderland 237 The high wall on our left was that of the pasha's grounds. The one-eyed calender informed me that he could get permission to visit them next day, for a baksheesh of two liras. Thirty-six shillings seemed too much to pay for a stroll through a burnt-up garden. 1904 Daily Chron. 17 Feb. 3/6 A thousand Turkish liras weigh about 14 lb. 1912 T. E. Lawrence Let. 10 Feb. (1938) 136 The foot seal must be worth a lira at the least. 1975 J. Rathbone Kill Cure iii. vii. 128 ‘How much?’..‘Forty dollars or twenty-five sterling. Turkish lira, much more.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1617
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