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liter litre

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
liter/ˈliːtə(r)/

▶noun US spelling of litre.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
litre /ˈliːtə(r)/ (US liter) (abbrev.: l)

▶noun a metric unit of capacity, formerly the volume of one kilogram of water under standard conditions, now equal to 1,000 cubic centimetres (about 1.75 pints).

– derivatives
litreage /ˈliːt(ə)rɪdʒ/ noun.

– origin C18: from Fr., alt. of litron (an obs. measure of capacity), via med. L. from Gk litra, a Sicilian monetary unit.

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