From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Currenciesfrancfranc /fræŋk/ noun [countable]PECthe standardunit of money in various countries, and used in France and Belgium before the euroExamples from the Corpusfranc• We were paid 120 francs and interviewed again.• For example, 170.25 francsdivided by 11.35 gives the sterlingequivalent.• 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 spiralingdeficit and weakenedfranc forced him to adoptausteritypolicies in 1983.Originfranc(1300-1400)French
