Sentence examples for the lire from inspiring English sources

In 2002, the euro is to replace the lire.

If we still had the lire, we'd have stayed more competitive as agricultural producers".

First, the lire or guilders or whatever are changed into dollars; then the dollars are converted to euros.

France is the second eurozone country to definitevely phase out its old currency, after Italy stopped exchanging the lire in December.

Unlike Monaco's francs, which are not legal tender in France, the lire of San Marino and the Vatican are good throughout Italy.

Moreover, since the lire of San Marino and the Vatican are now good throughout Italy, should their euro coinage be allowed to circulate in all 11 euro countries?

"With the lira, I ate.

"The lira was cheap then," he explains.

• The lira is a funny currency.

Why is the lira falling so fast?

If this tries to flee, the lira could plunge.