"litre" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the metric unit of volume for liquids, abbreviated as l or L. For example, "We have two litres of orange juice left in the fridge."
According to the parliamentary library, indexation would add around one cent a litre to the current rate in the first year.
You can get both Baileys and Grant's whisky at £10.49 a litre.
You can also get wine straight from the vat - we bought an excellent 2001 Corbières for £1.35 a litre in a five-litre bag in the box.
"Red Bull" tax comes into effect on energy drinks – €1 a litre.
He said the move meant that petrol would be 20p a litre less than under plans inherited from Labour, or "£11 less every time you fill up".
The Asda reduction means drivers will pay no more than 117.7p a litre for petrol and 121.7p for diesel.
Its solar-powered pumps, tanks and filter banks are capable of filtering larger quantities of water stored in a 150,000-litre reservoir underneath the central courtyard, and pumped daily to provide drinking water on demand.
And I was not carrying a 10-litre bucket of milk (bringing that would have cost me 2p).
This recipe yields a one-litre bottle with a bit left over.
It certainly has a hefty carbon footprint – with some reports estimating around 82.8g of CO2 for a half-litre bottle – not insignificant when everyone's drinking it.
When the sharp rise in sales of rosé wine were announced at the last Vinexpo and a worldwide increase also predicted for the next few years, I decided to check out my local Cave de vin co-operative where I regularly buy my five-litre "bag in the box Côtes de Provence".
