franc

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franc /fræŋk/ noun [countable]  PECthe standard unit of money in various countries, and used in France and Belgium before the euro 法郎〔一些国家的标准货币单位，法国和比利时等国家使用欧元之前的货币单位也为法郎〕

Examples from the Corpus

franc• We were paid 120 francs and interviewed again.• For example, 170.25 francs divided by 11.35 gives the sterling equivalent.• The budget for equipment and investments, wholly financed by external funds, would be balanced at 10,000 million Comoros francs.• They collected their pay in five franc notes in the evening and looked for ways of spending it.• The Visby limitations of 10,000 Poincaré francs per package or 30 Poincaré francs per kilogram were raised by 25%.• The big danger would be a drop in the value of the franc.• But a spiraling deficit and weakened franc forced him to adopt austerity policies in 1983.Origin franc (1300-1400) French

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various in the unit of money standard Corpus

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franc /fræŋk/ noun [countable]the standard unit of money in various countries, and used in France and Belgium before the euro

francBrE /fræŋk/ 🔊NAmE /fræŋk/ 🔊 nounthe unit of money in Switzerland and several other countries (replaced in 2002 in France, Belgium and Luxembourg by the euro) 法郎（瑞士等国的货币单位，在法国、比利时和卢森堡于 2002 年为欧元所取代）