lire

Noun

The word is derived from lira

Meaning

of Lira

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lear leer lyra grand mill penny lira play fire mil gun firing lit pound quid
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Antonyms

screen give up

Anagrams

lier rile riel Iler Reil

Examples

I come without five lire. I want to leave without five lire. Pope John Paul I

Accepting the offer 5 January, Bellini stated that he would set Romani's libretto for Giulietta Capellio, that he required 45 days between receipt of the libretto and the first performance, and that he would accept 325 napoleoni d'oro (about 8,000 lire). Source: Internet

Also, allowing mild inflation, Antonio made a loan of 12,000 lire in 1714. Source: Internet

Despite scalpers selling tickets at 1000 lire, Kezich, 208 crowds queued in line for hours to see an “immoral movie” before the censors banned it. Source: Internet

He was commemorated on the front of the Banca d'Italia 5,000 lire banknote in the 1980s and 90s (before Italy switched to the Euro) with the back showing a scene from the opera Norma. Source: Internet

In 1715, under unknown circumstances, Giuseppe Guarneri borrowed 1,000 lire from Stradivari and later defaulted on the loan. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

lirate liration lirazza lirella lirellaeform lirelliform