1. franc - Noun
2. franc - Adjective
A silver coin of France, and since 1795 the unit of the French monetary system. It has been adopted by Belgium and Swizerland. It is equivalent to about nineteen cents, or ten pence, and is divided into 100 centimes.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWhen the franc was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it. Gordon Sinclair
You don't like my painting, you only want to help me. If you had given me one franc for my picture I would have taken it [when M. Castaing discovered his art for the very first time and offered him in advance 100 franc to make a new painting - circa 1917 – 1919]. Chaim Soutine
Against the dollar, the Swiss franc was quoted at 0.9689 following a 0.5% jump on Monday toward its highest level in more than a year. Source: Internet
According to the terms of the franc CFA zone, some of these reserves are kept in an account with the French Ministry of Finance. Source: Internet
After several years of economic downturn and political instability, in 1997, Guinea-Bissau entered the CFA franc monetary system, bringing about some internal monetary stability. Source: Internet
Andorra lacked a currency of its own and used both the French franc and the Spanish peseta in banking transactions until 31 December 1999, when both currencies were replaced by the EU's single currency, the euro. Source: Internet