Noun
The word is derived from lira
of Lira
Source: Webster's dictionaryI 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