Synonyms for lira
ˈlɪər ə; ˈlɪər eɪli·ra

Princeton's WordNet

1. lira, Maltese liranoun

   the basic unit of money on Malta; equal to 100 cents

2. lira, Turkish liranoun

   the basic unit of money in Turkey

3. lira, Italian liranoun

   formerly the basic unit of money in Italy; equal to 100 centesimi

Matched Categories

1. • Italian Monetary Unit
   • Maltese Monetary Unit
   • Turkish Monetary Unit

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1. List of paraphrases for "lira":

   maltese, lire, turkish, liera, pound, read, malta, lm

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1. Per Hammarlund:

   It seems as though the central bank doesn't want to take any action before the election, and that's a negative for the lira.

2. Luis Costa:

   Lira is not only suffering because of Erdogan's continuous criticism of monetary policy. (It) sells off because the current account gap still translates into a sizeable daily financing need, heavy reliance on short-term dollar borrowing makes this balance of payments very volatile. As usual, currency is the first channel to absorb the shocks.

3. Mehmet Turan:

   It's the same for lovebirds. We were selling them at 25 lira retail, but they came from Syria at 12.5 to 15.

4. Claire Dissaux:

   What matters to investors is economic policy. We had a market-friendly cabinet and a market-friendly new central bank governor and if that changes this could be another story for the Turkish lira, not just short-term volatility.

5. Standard Bank analysts:

   The market essentially expected more from the (central bank) yesterday in terms of offering to stem lira weakness and even its statement was deemed to be overly dovish.