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lira

/leer-uh; Italian lee-rah/US // ˈlɪər ə; Italian ˈli rɑ //UK // (ˈlɪərə, Italian ˈliːra) //

里拉,利拉,狮子座,狮子座的人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural li·re [leer-ey; Italian lee-re], /ˈlɪər eɪ; Italian ˈli rɛ/, li·ras.

    • : a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
    • : a monetary unit of Malta, San Marino, and the Vatican City until the euro was adopted.
    • : a silver, bronze, or chrome steel coin and monetary unit of Turkey, equal to 100 kurus; equal to 100 piasters before 1933; Turkish pound. Abbreviation: TL.

Examples

  • The lira reversed earlier gains against the dollar after the announcement.

  • Ismail Adin, another shop owner in Beyoglu, also said sales of alcohol were down, from about 5,000 Lira a day to 2,000 Lira.

  • Photojournalist Ana Lira is from the northeastern city of Recife and a founding member of Urban Rights.

  • I get 400 Turkish lira ($198) a month and 300 of that goes on rent.

  • Over 60 percent of Italians polled in late May said life was better with their old lira currency.

  • Lire: the lira is an Italian coin of the value of a franc (say, tenpence).

  • He also added that Carpazzi was supposed to be in love with her, and she with him, but they had not a lira to marry on.

  • Eighteen dollars in real money, sir, and about two dollars in lira money.

  • The entrance fee is one lira, and the old custodians follow the visitor about as though the latter wished to eat the bronzes.

  • Between the thumb and forefinger of an ungloved fair right hand, she held up a silver lira.