The dress costs 5,000 lira in that Italian boutique. From LearnThat.org.
By 2004, the lira was the world's least valuable currency. From Wordnik.com. [Bloomberg] Reference
In true NuLab/BBC fashion they probably mean 6 billion turkish lira, which is about three shillings and sixpence in real money. From Wordnik.com. [“ Letting Down Future Generations “] Reference
Turkish Cypriot area: 1 Turkish lira (TL) = 100 kurus. From Wordnik.com. [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference
Turkish lira (TRL), New Turkish lira (YTL) after 1 January. From Wordnik.com. [The 2005 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Turkish lira (YTL); old Turkish lira (TRL) before 1 January. From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Turkish lira (TRL), New Turkish lira (YTL) after 1 January 2005. From Wordnik.com. [The 2005 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Turkish lira (YTL); old Turkish lira (TRL) before 1 January 2005. From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Italy used to address export difficulties by devaluing the lira. From Wordnik.com. [Identity Crisis] Reference
Currency: 1 Cypriot pound (LC) = 100 cents; 1 Turkish lira (TL) =. From Wordnik.com. [The 1996 CIA Factbook] Reference
Republic of Cyprus: Cypriot pound (CYP); north Cyprus: Turkish lira. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
The lira, Turkish bonds and stocks all weakened on yesterday's news. From Wordnik.com. [Turkey's Judges Vote] Reference
Currency: 1 Cypriot pound (#C) = 100 cents; 1 Turkish lira (TL) = 100 kurus. From Wordnik.com. [The 1995 CIA World Factbook] Reference
A run on the Turkish lira cost the Treasury hundreds of millions of dollars. From Wordnik.com. [How To Rescue Turkey] Reference
Currency: 1 Italian lira (Lit) = 100 centesimi; note -- also mints its own coins. From Wordnik.com. [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference
Greek Cypriot area: Cypriot pound (CYP); Turkish Cypriot area: Turkish lira (TRL). From Wordnik.com. [The 2005 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Both the stock market and the Turkish lira have sunk around 20 percent since early May. From Wordnik.com. [The Mood Swing Meter] Reference
The main hurdles: a high-priced monopolist carrier and a 17 Turkish lira tax on flights. From Wordnik.com. [Turkish Air Charts Growth Path] Reference
It also said the court ruled against the company on a 1.9 million lira part of the case. From Wordnik.com. [Dogan's Shares Fall on Ruling Ambiguity] Reference
Currency: Greek Cypriot area: Cypriot pound (CYP); Turkish Cypriot area: Turkish lira (TRL). From Wordnik.com. [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Inflation makes big numbers small, as anyone holding a few billion Turkish lira will tell you. From Wordnik.com. [Inflation: The Obvious Endgame To Sovereign Insolvency] Reference
Moreover, the small, vulnerable economy has suffered because the Turkish lira is legal tender. From Wordnik.com. [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference
If you'd invested there four years ago you'd have lost nearly half your lira by the end of 1993. From Wordnik.com. [You Can Run But You Can't Hide] Reference
The price of a Fendi Zucca Bagette handbag has jumped from 500,000 lira last year to 960,000 lira. From Wordnik.com. [Europe On A Platter] Reference
The IMF-backed anti-inflation program collapsed, and the lira was allowed to float, falling 30 percent. From Wordnik.com. [How To Rescue Turkey] Reference
After all, The Gersh Kuntzman Co. -- a multimillion-lira conglomerate -- had a pretty good year last year. From Wordnik.com. [American Beat: Meet Me In St. George's] Reference
The Turkish lira rose 0.5% to 1.59 against the U.S. dollar and is sharply up against last month's low of 1.81. From Wordnik.com. [Turkey's Central Bank Slashes Rates to 9.75%] Reference
Now what we are curious about is will there be a speculative movement towards the U.S. dollar from Turkish lira. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2003] Reference
Turkish lira is legal tender, the Turkish Cypriot economy has suffered the same high inflation as mainland Turkey. From Wordnik.com. [The 1995 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Of course, some politicians may occasionally reminisce fondly about a largely imaginary sweet life under a soft lira. From Wordnik.com. [Farewell, Dolce Vita?] Reference
Their first use in modern times, against Italy over Abyssinia in 1935, crashed the lira but did not free the Abyssinians. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Jenkins: The Uselessness of Sanctions] Reference
But the Polish zloty is down 24% against the euro since September, and the Turkish lira is down 37% against the U.S. dollar. From Wordnik.com. [Central Europe grapples] Reference
The Brazilian real, the South Korean won, the South African rand and the Turkish lira all fell more than 3% against the dollar. From Wordnik.com. [Emerging Markets' Prospects Dimming] Reference
The Turkish lira had lost two thirds of its value after the collapse of a series of corrupt banks and the flight of foreign capital. From Wordnik.com. [The True Turkish Believer] Reference
Some currencies, including the Italian lira, the Irish punt and the Portuguese escudo, have fallen to postwar lows against the dollar. From Wordnik.com. [Europe On A Platter] Reference
Moreover, because the Turkish lira is legal tender, the Turkish Cypriot economy has suffered the same high inflation as mainland Turkey. From Wordnik.com. [The 1994 CIA World Factbook] Reference
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