francs in English

noun
1
the basic monetary unit of Switzerland and several other countries (including France, Belgium, and Luxembourg until the introduction of the euro), equal to 100 centimes.
There were no long queues or flurries of excited bank customers looking to exchange the Luxembourg franc for the euro last week.

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1. The company cut its financing costs by 63 million francs, by converting 836 million francs of convertible bonds to equity.

2. On vend ici des articles depuis cent francs.

3. Francs have a rich and disreputable past.

4. The currency of Madagascar.··Ariary (historical) five Malagasy francs

5. Nestle posted 1994 net profit of 94 billion francs, before items.

6. Actual figures for 2004 (thousands of Swiss francs)

7. Later, though, he received a bonus at work of 65,000 francs!

8. Half is denominated in francs,(Sentence dictionary) the remainder in dollars.

9. In Maastricht, Dutch Guilders, Deutschmarks and Belgian Francs are all considered legal tender.

10. 13 For example, 25 francs divided by 35 gives the sterling equivalent.

11. The arbitrageur then insures and ships the gold to the Banque de France, selling it for 100 francs, pocketing 5 francs less insurance and shipping as profit.

12. 11 The price of grapes had shot up to 32 francs a kilo.

13. From # onwards, the annual allotment for such projects will be # francs

14. All prices quoted are in Swiss Francs and include VAT (may be subject to change).

15. For the first four years, Parliament granted an initial credit of 200 million Swiss francs.

16. From 2006 onwards, the annual allotment for such projects will be 300,000 francs.

17. 12 Nestle posted 1994 net profit of 94 billion francs,[www.Sentencedict.com] before items.

18. The additional cost of these specific elements can be put at approximately 1 million francs.

19. For the first four years, Parliament granted an initial credit of # million Swiss francs

20. Locals knew him well for his charcoal caricatures, which he would sell for ten to twenty francs.

21. A man gave me 1,000 francs just to deliver that letter and remember the address.

22. I am contributing this amount plus an additional 910 francs [$1.82, U.S.] from my savings.

23. In reality three millions were reducible , as we have said, to six hundred andthousand francs.

24. Sometimes he would throw away his francs to the soldiers and go home without a sou.

25. Elles achètent des petits sacs d'Argile pour cinq francs dans les boutiques de produits exotiques

26. It produced 100 million francs and plenty of newsreel showing sacks of letters being unloaded in Colombey.

27. For his loyalty and dedication, Napoleon himself presented the soldier with a Sabre of Honor and a pension of 200 francs.

28. Currently, they have to source their loan from India or abroad in dollars, euros or Swiss francs, and then convert those into renminbi.

29. Prior to the request, the government of Switzerland sent about 500,000 Swiss francs ($360,000 USD) for immediate relief assistance.

30. For instance, Italian spy-come-Courtesan Virginia Castiglione was paid 1 million francs for just 12 hours of her precious time.

31. Napoleon, when on his way into final exile after Waterloo (June 15, 1815), reportedly deposited 6 million francs in Laffitte's bank.

32. With paper money ranging from Colonial banknotes to Belgium Francs, finding collectible Currency on Collectors.com is like a tour through time.

33. Issued in 1961, it existed alongside the Malagasy franc until 2005, during which time one Ariary was equal to five francs

34. It was subdivided into 100 centimes.In Malagasy the corresponding term for the franc is iraimbilanja, and five Malagasy francs is called Ariary

35. This was done by a lease for a term of 99 years, renewable at a nominal rent (1000 francs per year), near the end of the lease.

36. 21 The accused face up to two years in prison and fines of up to five million francs for insider trading if convicted.

37. At the end of the war, Madagascar ceded the northern port town of Antsiranana (Diego Suarez) to France and paid 560,000 francs to Lambert's heirs.

38. After touring for a decade, the three Automatons were eventually sold for 75'000 francs to the Musee d'Art et d'Histoire in Neuchatel, Switzerland, where …

39. One day, he chanced to say to Magnon as she handed him his monthly stipend of ten francs: "The father must give them some education."

40. The Dominicans were unaware that Boyer made a concession to the French, and agreed to pay France 150 million gold francs destined to compensated the former French slave owners.

41. Article # ounding, assault and other violent behaviour not resulting in illness of persons or their inability to work shall be punishable by a term of imprisonment of six days to two years and a fine of # to # alagasy francs, or by only one of these penalties, or by a term of imprisonment of two to five years and a fine of # to # alagasy francs, if there was malice aforethought or an ambush

42. The Court ordered “the release on bail of Sow Bertin Agba upon payment of 150 million CFA francs; in the interests of procedural requirements, the defendant is prohibited from leaving Togo until further notice”.

43. The Swiss motorway system requires the purchase of a road tax disc - which costs 40 Swiss francs for one calendar year - in order to use its roadways, for both passenger cars and trucks.

44. France, the former colonial power in Haiti, recognized Haiti's independence in 1825 when Haiti agreed to pay a ruinous indemnity of 150 million francs in return for diplomatic and economic relations.

45. Wounding, assault and other violent behaviour not resulting in illness of persons or in their inability to work (punishable by a term of imprisonment of six days to two years and a fine of # to # alagasy francs, or by only one of these penalties, or by a term of imprisonment of two to five years and a fine of # to # alagasy francs, if there was malice aforethought or an ambush

46. And it was for the counterpane, and also for a pot of flowers which fell from the attic window into the street, that the government collected a fine of a hundred francs.

47. Wounding, assault and other violent behaviour not resulting in illness of persons or in their inability to work (punishable by a term of imprisonment of six days to two years and a fine of 25,000 to 90,000 Malagasy francs, or by only one of these penalties, or by a term of imprisonment of two to five years and a fine of 25,000 to 150,000 Malagasy francs, if there was malice aforethought or an ambush).

48. The Collectorship brings in forty thousand francs a year and, during the ten years he has held it, he has paid off his bond and set about putting a dowry for my sister to one side.

49. Contravention A term of French law meaning an act violative of a law, a treaty, or an agreement made between parties; a breach of law punishable by a fine of fifteen francs or less and by an imprisonment of three days or less

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