franc
/ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋk/ noun B2- Any of several units of currency. · Belgian franc· French franc
Plural francs
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“Even the trivial fact that in the year 1865 a picture by Greuze entitled ‘La Jeune Fille à l’Agneau’ fetched one million two hundred thousand francs—more than forty thousand pounds—at the Portalis sale may start a train of reflection in your mind.”
Morrel, take my word for it; and I advise you not to take 25,000 francs for the profits of the voyage.”
“Yet,” stammered Dantès, wiping the perspiration from his brow,—“yet I gave you two hundred francs when I left, three months ago.”
“But,” cried Dantès, “it was a hundred and forty francs I owed Caderousse.”
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