Livre may refer to:
Currency
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French livre
The livre (abbreviation: £ or ₶., French for (pound)) was the currency of Kingdom of France and its predecessor state of West Francia from 781 to 1794. Several different livres existed, some concurrently. The livre was the name of coins ...
, one of a number of obsolete units of currency of France
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Livre tournois
The (; ; abbreviation: ₶.) was one of numerous currencies used in medieval France, and a unit of account (i.e., a monetary unit used in accounting) used in Early Modern France.
The 1262 monetary reform established the as 20 , or 80.88 gr ...
, one particular obsolete unit of currency of France
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Livre parisis, another particular obsolete unit of currency of France
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French colonial livre
The livre was the currency of various French colonies until the early 19th century. It was subdivided into 20 sous, each of 12 deniers. It was mostly issued in paper money form and was generally linked to the French livre at the rate of colonia ...
, an obsolete unit of currency used in some French colonies
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Haitian livre The livre was the currency of Haiti until 1813. The Haitian livre was a French colonial currency, distinguished by the use, in part, of Spanish coins. It was equal to the French livre and was subdivided into 20 sous, each of 12 deniers. The ''esca ...
, an obsolete currency of Haiti
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Luxembourg livre, an obsolete currency of Luxembourg
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New France livre
The was the currency of New France, the French colony in modern-day Canada. It was subdivided into 20 , each of 12 . The New France was a French colonial currency, distinguished by the use of paper money.
History
After an initial period during w ...
, an obsolete currency of New France
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Saint Lucia livre
The livre was the currency of Saint Lucia until 1814. The Saint Lucia livre was a French colonial currency, distinguished by the use of various cut Spanish and Spanish colonial coins. The livre was subdivided into 20 ''sous'', each of 12 '' deniers ...
, an obsolete currency of Saint Lucia
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Jersey livre
The livre was currency of Jersey until 1834. It consisted entirely of French coins.
Until the 1720s, the currency used was the French livre, subdivided into 20 '' sous'', each of 12 '' deniers''. The commonest coin in circulation was the '' liard ...
, an obsolete currency of the island of Jersey
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Guadeloupe livre The livre was the currency of Guadeloupe until 1816. It was subdivided into 20 ''sous'', each of 12 ''deniers'', with the ''escalin'' worth 15 sous. The Guadeloupe livre was a French colonial currency, distinguished by the use, in part, of Spanish ...
, an obsolete currency of Guadeloupe
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Lebanese pound
The pound or lira ( ar, ليرة لبنانية ''līra Libnāniyya''; French: ''livre libanaise''; abbreviation: LL in Latin, in Arabic, historically also £L, ISO code: LBP) is the currency of Lebanon. It was formerly divided into 100 piast ...
(french: livre), the currency of Lebanon
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Syrian pound
The Syrian pound or lira ( ar, الليرة السورية, al-līra as-sūriyya; abbreviation: LS or SP in Latin, ل.س in Arabic, historically also £S, and £Syr; ISO code: SYP) is the currency of Syria. It is issued by the Central Bank o ...
, the currency of Syria, formerly with the French name
Other uses
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LIVRE
LIVRE (, L), previously known as LIVRE/Tempo de Avançar (, L/TDA), is a green political party in Portugal founded in 2014.
Its founding principles are ecology, universalism, freedom, equity, solidarity, socialism and Europeanism. Its symbol ...
, a Portuguese eco-socialist and
liberal socialist
Liberal socialism is a political philosophy that incorporates liberal principles to socialism. This synthesis sees liberalism as the political theory that takes the inner freedom of the human spirit as a given and adopts liberty as the goal, ...
political party
* one of a number of units of mass, translated as a
Pound
* a rating of the
Brazilian advisory rating system
The Brazilian Advisory Rating ( pt, Classificação Indicativa, abbreviated ClassInd) is a content rating system for the classification of movies, games and television programs. The ClassInd rating system is controlled by the Advisory Rating Coor ...
See also
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Liver (disambiguation)
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Libre (disambiguation)
Libre may refer to:
Computing
* Libre software, free software
* Libre Computer Project, developer of open-hardware single-board computers
Medicine
*FreeStyle Libre, a glucose monitoring device
Media
* Libre Times, news site which people can free ...
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