(lire)
The ~ was the unit of money that is used in Italy. Turkey and Syria also have a unit of money called a ~. In 2002 it was replaced by the euro in Italy.
It only cost me 400,000 lire...
Coin-operated telephones took 100, 200 and 500 lire coins.
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The ~ was also used to refer to the Italian currency system, and it also sometimes refers to the currency system of other countries which use the ~.
The franc had been under no pressure compared with the ~ and the pound.
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