franc
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6.5
- noun
- /fræŋk/
:
franco
- "I thought people were cultivating on their own because the franc had dropped and money was tight."
- French franc
- Swiss franc
- CFA franc
IBM at the time had large amounts of Swiss franc and German Deutsche Mark debt.
- IBM at the time had large amounts of Swiss franc and German Deutsche Mark debt.
- He, he would have to move the market if he was, you know, doing a yard of EUR or Swiss francs or who knows what as like a billion that would move the market.
- Madagascar, these francs, they're an ex French colony.
- It just millions of francs got bet because people were sure it would have to even out.
- I have investments in euros, in British pounds and the Swiss francs, the manager of European portfolio and one of the O Shares ETFs.
Examples
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Villers's fifth-class prize, worth one thousand francs, was in the lowest category for painting.
Academic text (2015) -
You've got 5,000 francs in that bill.
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And if the franc starts to drop?
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And they, in fact, they use the Swiss franc, so.
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I'll charge you 10 francs an hour.
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To date, the company has invested 30 million Swiss francs in the business.
Academic text (2001) -
Now, can I have a couple of francs for the rapide?
Fiction book (1991) -
The CFA franc and the East Caribbean dollar are other examples of joint currencies.
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Incredibly, the Egyptian government was forced to pay the Suez Canal Company eighty-four million francs in compensation.
Academic text (2003) -
The meal cost 30 francs at the restaurant last night.
Synonyms
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6.7
The money France used before the euro
Compounds
The money used in the Central African Republic is the same as the CFA franc used by several countries
A former type of money used in Ivory Coast before the West African CFA franc
- Archaic
Person who fights without being in the army, often shooting from hiding places
Surface Forms
Etymology
Franc comes from an old French word that meant 'free' and from the name of the Frank people who once ruled parts of Europe. Kings put this name on coins, so franc became the name for the money used in France and some other countries.