liter• They had a single liter of vodka left, a treasured object from the way they fondled it.• The result is that the liter pop bottle you tossed out six months ago may be on your back today.
From Longman Business Dictionary
literliter
the American spelling of LITRE
Originliter
(1700-1800)Frenchlitre, from Medieval Latinlitra, a measure, from Greek, a weight