How to Use franc in a Sentence

franc

noun

• Restoration of demand in Asia, discipline in avoiding overproduction, and a weaker Swiss franc would certainly help arrest the downturn.
  — Garth Friesen, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
• That’s down from 10 billion francs as of the end of April.
  — Bastian Benrath, Bloomberg.com, 26 May 2023
• So the yen, Swiss franc, euro and British pound had gains during the month.
  — Steven Ehrlich, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
• 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
• By the end of last year, the franc hit its strongest level against the U.S. dollar since 2015.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024