Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Franc"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Franc \Franc\, n. [F., fr. franc a Franc. See {Frank}, a.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
franc
n : the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100
centimes
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