livren.

Brit.

/ˈliːvrə/, U.S.

/ˈlivrə/

Forms: 1500s lyuer, 1500s–1600s liuer, 1600s liur, 1600s liure, 1600s–1700s liver, 1600s– livre.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French livre.

Etymology: < Middle French livre kind of coin (c1100 as livere ; earlier in uncertain sense, denoting a unit of either weight or of coinage (c1000 as livra ); French livre ) < classical Latin lībra libra n. In quot. 1588 after Italian lira lira n.With use with reference to specific local currencies compare e.g. French livre parisis livre of Paris (a1392 in Middle French). With livre of Tours compare French livre tournois livre tournois n. In modern French, livre is used as the standard translation of pound n.¹ with reference to the British currency.

Now historical.

Any of a number of coins or units of account in use in France between the 8th and 18th centuries. livre of Tours: = livre tournois n.

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1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 36^v For euerie Chicken (and yet not good) cost mee seuen or eight lyuers [It. lire], which is six shillings or six shillinges eight pence.

1599 J. Lok in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 102 Euery Sechino is of venetian money eight liuers and two soldes.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 168 A barrell of..Beere was worth twenty foure Liures [Fr. francs] which is eleuen Germaine Dollers.

1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. T6^v The Liuer is nine pence, the sol an halfe penny.

1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant xxix. 110 This Amounts every Year to Four Piasters, which make about Ten French Livers.

1765 Let. 29 Dec. in J. Rule Eng. & French Let.-writer (1766) xcv. 154 1021 livres of Tours, the amount of your last purchase in our favour.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 259/2 They had the conscience to charge an English sea officer..300 livres (12 guineas and a half) for eight days lodging.

1886 Athenæum 24 Apr. 549/1 Her son, the Duke of Richmond, had left France, and had thereby forfeited the pension of 20,000 livres allowed him.

1892 A. Constable tr. Hist. Greater Brit. i. vi. 33 (note) A livre of Tours..= 20 sous.

1909 Chatterbox 318/1 The French Consul received from Regnard's relatives the sum of twelve thousand livres for his ransom.

2011 Church Times 8 July 36/5 Although the sale of relics was barred by canon law, that did not prevent..Louis IX of France's offering 135,000 livres..to redeem a pledge made by Baldwin II.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	livre
释义	livren. Brit. /ˈliːvrə/, U.S. /ˈlivrə/ Forms: 1500s lyuer, 1500s–1600s liuer, 1600s liur, 1600s liure, 1600s–1700s liver, 1600s– livre. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French livre. Etymology: < Middle French livre kind of coin (c1100 as livere ; earlier in uncertain sense, denoting a unit of either weight or of coinage (c1000 as livra ); French livre ) < classical Latin lībra libra n. In quot. 1588 after Italian lira lira n.With use with reference to specific local currencies compare e.g. French livre parisis livre of Paris (a1392 in Middle French). With livre of Tours compare French livre tournois livre tournois n. In modern French, livre is used as the standard translation of pound n.¹ with reference to the British currency. Now historical. Any of a number of coins or units of account in use in France between the 8th and 18th centuries. livre of Tours: = livre tournois n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > specific French francc1405 sousec1503 livre tournois1564 livre1588 1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 36^v For euerie Chicken (and yet not good) cost mee seuen or eight lyuers [It. lire], which is six shillings or six shillinges eight pence. 1599 J. Lok in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 102 Euery Sechino is of venetian money eight liuers and two soldes. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 168 A barrell of..Beere was worth twenty foure Liures [Fr. francs] which is eleuen Germaine Dollers. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. T6^v The Liuer is nine pence, the sol an halfe penny. 1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant xxix. 110 This Amounts every Year to Four Piasters, which make about Ten French Livers. 1765 Let. 29 Dec. in J. Rule Eng. & French Let.-writer (1766) xcv. 154 1021 livres of Tours, the amount of your last purchase in our favour. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 259/2 They had the conscience to charge an English sea officer..300 livres (12 guineas and a half) for eight days lodging. 1886 Athenæum 24 Apr. 549/1 Her son, the Duke of Richmond, had left France, and had thereby forfeited the pension of 20,000 livres allowed him. 1892 A. Constable tr. Hist. Greater Brit. i. vi. 33 (note) A livre of Tours..= 20 sous. 1909 Chatterbox 318/1 The French Consul received from Regnard's relatives the sum of twelve thousand livres for his ransom. 2011 Church Times 8 July 36/5 Although the sale of relics was barred by canon law, that did not prevent..Louis IX of France's offering 135,000 livres..to redeem a pledge made by Baldwin II. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1588
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