Swiss franc
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- noun
- Tourists planning to visit Switzerland should consider exchanging their money for Swiss francs.
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Watch on YouTubeIBM 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.
- I have investments in euros, in British pounds and the Swiss francs, the manager of European portfolio and one of the O Shares ETFs.
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Based on the sum-of-the-parts valuations, the target price is set at 23 Swiss francs.
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The bank's decision to lay off 10,000 workers would save 3.4 billion Swiss francs.
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A 1,000-Swiss-franc note is the equivalent value of ten $100 bills.
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To date, the company has invested 30 million Swiss francs in the business.
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Second, the Canadian dollar and the Swiss franc do not have enough trading volume.
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The swap is based on the strength of the British pound against the Swiss franc.
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My share is 400,000 in Swiss francs.
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A stronger Swiss franc would further increase its trade imbalance with the Eurozone.
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The strength of the Swiss franc is undermining the competitiveness of Swiss companies.
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Even "relatively" stable currencies like the U.S. dollar, the D-mark, and the Swiss franc have lost two-thirds of their value since 1950.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase combines the adjective 'Swiss' (from Switzerland) with 'franc' (a currency unit), so the meaning — the currency unit used in Switzerland/Liechtenstein — is directly derivable from its parts. This straightforward adjectival-noun composition is common cross-linguistically and follows regular compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Swiss franc got its name when Switzerland created one national money in the 1800s; they used the word franc from the common French coin and added Swiss to show it belonged to Switzerland, so today it means the country's official 'currency'.