Examples of 'million livres' in a sentence

Meaning of "million livres"

million livres - This phrase may refer to a large sum of money in the context of French currency. The livre was a monetary unit historically used in France, and mentioning 'million livres' could indicate a significant financial amount

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million livres
The purchase price was five million livres.
Two million livres.
Her dowry was one million livres.
The report stated that ordinary revenues in France were exceeding expenditure by over 10 million livres.
Eventually, an estimated two million livres in card money is thought to have circulated.
The original budget for the fort was four million livres.
Governor Feron has borrowed two million livres from the Dutch in the King 's name.
The dowry of this marriage was an enormous 4 million livres.
With 18 million livres of diamonds on her person.
Louis XIV gave his daughter a large dowry of one million livres upon her marriage.
Half a million livres in two weeks?
Maria Fortunata 's father settled upon her a dowry of one million livres.
An estimated 30 million livres was spent on the construction of the boats.
Her dowry was of 4 million livres.
By 1777, over five million livres of aid had been sent to the American rebels.

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A substantial sum . Two million livres.
Laborde spent at La Ferté-Vidame the senseless sum of 14 million livres.
I have seen a Queen of France with 18 million livres of diamonds on her person.
For the French there was a huge gain, with prizes valued at 30 million livres.
The French crown had a debt of 40 million livres with only a 12 million livres per year income.
The first enterprise of connecting Toulouse to Trèbes was estimated at 3.6 million livres.
His descendants continued to pay two million livres for over 50 years.
It was said to have employed 18 thousand workers and cost as much as 16 million livres.
During Colbert 's term, some 80 million livres were spent on royal edifices.
He accumulated enormous debts, totalling 21 million livres.
Charlotte's father reportedly gave a dowry of 20 million Livres.
The Allies lost approximately 90 merchant ships with a value of some 30 million livres.
Our participation in the American war of independence which cost us 2,000 million livres.

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