a coin and monetary unit of Italy, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation:L., Lit.
2.
a silver, bronze, or chrome steel coin and monetary unit of Turkey, equal to 100 kurus; equal to 100 piasters before 1933; Turkish pound. Abbreviation:TL.
Origin: 1610–20; < It < OPr lieura < L lībra pound
li·ter (lē'tər) n.
Abbr. l or lit. A metric unit of volume equal to approximately 1.056 liquid quarts, 0.908 dry quart, or 0.264 gallon. See Table at measurement.
[French litre, from obsolete litron, measure of capacity, from Medieval Latin lītra, from Greek, unit of weight.]
[leer-uh; It. lee-rah] 
