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Definition of Italian lira
1. Noun. Formerly the basic unit of money in Italy; equal to 100 centesimi.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Italian Lira
Literary usage of Italian lira
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1918)
"Objection, raised for the first time in this court, to consideration by the
Industrial Accident Board of the value of an italian lira in United States money ..."
2. Useful Rules and Tables Relating to Mensuration, Engineering, Structures by William John Macquorn Rankine (1873)
"The italian lira is equal to the franc in weight, fineness, and value. 4. ...
2S<22o American Dollar = 100 cents, 0-20548 5-18z centimes = italian lira, ..."
3. Italian Conversation-grammar: A New and Practical Method of Learning the by Karl Marquard Sauer (1886)
"My sister Lucy (Lucia) is the twenty-second. Take (prendete) the 30th, 50th, 60th
and 100th part. An italian lira has 20 soldi or 100 centesimi. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"PESETA, a silver coin and unit of value, the Spanish equivalent of the French,
Belgian and Swiss franc, the italian lira and the Greek drachma in ihe Latin ..."
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