1
: an old French monetary unit equal to 20 sols
2
: a coin representing one livre
3
: the pound of Lebanon and Sudan
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And what about that enormous price of six hundred livres, three times the sum fetched by the most expensive of the artist’s pictures at auction thirty years later?
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Clare Bucknell,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
The wealthiest filles were also given dowries of roughly fifty livres (about the equivalent of roughly $750 USD today) to entice them and to reassure their suitors of their suitability.
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Ann Foster,
JSTOR Daily,
9 July 2025
Unfortunately, the annual bill for annuities and wages of lifetime offices came to ninety million livres.
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John Lanchester,
The New Yorker,
29 July 2019
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Clare Bucknell,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
The wealthiest filles were also given dowries of roughly fifty livres (about the equivalent of roughly $750 USD today) to entice them and to reassure their suitors of their suitability.
—
Ann Foster,
JSTOR Daily,
9 July 2025
Unfortunately, the annual bill for annuities and wages of lifetime offices came to ninety million livres.
—
John Lanchester,
The New Yorker,
29 July 2019
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“Livre.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/livre. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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