How to Use franc in a Sentence

franc

noun
  • That’s down from 10 billion francs as of the end of April.
    Bastian Benrath, Bloomberg.com, 26 May 2023
  • And the ruble is not on the radar of currency traders, the way that, say, the British pound or Swiss franc is.
    Neil Irwin, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The franc has started to weaken against the dollar, too.
    Brian Blackstone, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Getting right to the point, the Swiss franc is all over the world, while the Argentine peso isn’t.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 19 June 2022
  • The Swiss franc has gained more than 7% against the dollar in the last year, while the brand’s success has rapidly gained steam in the States.
    Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Switzerland uses the Swiss franc, which rose to a record high last year against the euro.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2022
  • Meanwhile, the Swiss franc and the euro traded flat against the U.S. dollar.
    WSJ, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The Swiss franc weakened to trade at parity with the dollar for the first time since late 2019.
    BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2022
  • A man in a black hat lets you inside after taking your francs and putting them in a box.
    David Coggins, Town & Country, 10 Dec. 2015
  • The dollar slumped to a three-year low, losing most ground among G-10 currencies to the Aussie and Swiss franc.
    Bloomberg.com, 28 Jan. 2018
  • The currency was initially pegged to the French franc but has been linked to the euro since 1999.
    Aisha Salaudeen, CNN, 23 Dec. 2019
  • If Trump is feeling the pinch from a stronger dollar, then what about the Swiss franc or the Japanese yen?
    Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2019
  • To do this, China had to create more yuan to buy up dollars, yen, marks, francs and pounds.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 10 Aug. 2019
  • Only two, the Swiss franc and the Swedish krona, now look overvalued against it.
    The Economist, 12 July 2018
  • At hotels, tip two to three francs for porters and door people and the same per night to housekeeping.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2024
  • The Japanese yen and Swiss franc weakened against the dollar.
    Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The yen surged, the Swiss franc rallied and the dollar fluctuated.
    Todd White / Bloomberg, Time, 16 Mar. 2020
  • The Swiss franc nudged higher after the central bank left rates unchanged.
    Fortune, 12 Dec. 2019
  • On December 21st those calling for an end to the CFA franc mostly got their way.
    The Economist, 4 Jan. 2020
  • Over the course of a decade marked by credit and currency crises, the euro has lost 37 percent of its value against the franc.
    Milan Gagnon, Slate Magazine, 6 Mar. 2017
  • The average price of a reimported watch was 7,000 Swiss francs.
    Brian Blackstone, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2017
  • This breathtaking wine managed to change my mind about cab franc.
    Andy Perdue, The Seattle Times, 26 Oct. 2018
  • The yen and the Swiss franc, two traditional haven currencies, have proven no match.
    Susanne Barton, Bloomberg.com, 8 May 2020
  • Though the border may be open, Switzerland is not a member of the European Union and uses the Swiss franc rather than the euro.
    Milan Gagnon, Slate Magazine, 6 Mar. 2017
  • Zurich, on the other hand, moved up the ranks due to both the strength of the Swiss franc as well as the increasing cost of goods like groceries and entertainment.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2023
  • When the man could not reasonably defend the factuality of the posts’ claims, he was fined 4,000 Swiss francs by the court.
    James Hohmann, Washington Post, 1 June 2017
  • With that in mind, Mr. Arnault won the bidding war for Boussac, buying the group for a symbolic one franc.
    Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The Swiss National Bank approves you for a loan up to 50 billion francs ($54 billion).
    Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • But the franc zone still depends, as in colonial days, on the export of raw materials.
    The Economist, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The strength of the Swiss franc, as well as data protection laws, add to the challenges companies face in Switzerland, Schinecker said.
    Paula Doenecke, Fortune Europe, 14 May 2024

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