francs
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[frangks; French frahn] .
[frangks; French frahn] . 1.
an aluminum or nickel coin and monetary unit of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: F., f., Fr, fr.
2.
any of the monetary units of various other nations and territories, as Liechtenstein, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti, equal to 100 centimes.
3.
a former silver coin of France, first issued under Henry III.
4.
a former monetary unit of Algeria, Guinea, and Morocco.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English frank < Old French franc, so called because the coin was first inscribed with the name of the king as Medieval Latin Rēx Francōrum King of the Franks
1350–1400; Middle English frank < Old French franc, so called because the coin was first inscribed with the name of the king as Medieval Latin Rēx Francōrum King of the Franks
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| 1. | Also called: French franc the former standard monetary unit of France, most French dependencies, Andorra, and Monaco, divided into 100 centimes; replaced by the euro in 2002 |
| 2. | the former standard monetary unit of Belgium (Belgian franc) and Luxembourg (Luxembourg franc), divided into 100 centimes; replaced by the euro in 2002 |
| 3. | Also called: Swiss franc the standard monetary unit of Switzerland and Liechtenstein, divided into 100 centimes |
| 4. | franc CFA, CFA franc, Also called: franc of the African financial community the standard monetary unit, comprising 100 centimes, of the following countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo |
| 5. | the standard monetary unit of Burundi (Burundi franc), Comoros (Comorian franc), Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre; Congolese franc), Djibouti (Djibouti franc), Guinea (Guinea franc), Madagascar (franc malgache), Rwanda (Rwanda franc), and French Polynesia and New Caledonia (French Pacific franc) |
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Word Origin & History
franc
late 14c., from M.L. Francorum Rex "King of the Franks," inscribed on gold coins first made during the reign of Jean le Bon (1350-64).
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Example sentences
Salaries, many of which are set in dollars but paid out in francs at the official rate, are daily eroded by price increases.
They are said to have a capital in reserve of well over a hundred million francs.
The few that remain are staffed by weaklings who extort a few pennies worth of francs or a couple of cigarettes.
Companies have also been buying up francs to pay two months of salary before the uncertain election period.
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