franc

Converse of object

• pay: The three were paid seven francs in a lump sum for the night.

Adjective modifier

• Swiss: Holdings worth up to 10,000 Swiss francs were released in their entirety.

Modifies a noun

• piece: This 5 franc piece was minted in the Paris commune in 1871.

Noun used with modifier

• cabernet: Slightly reduced aromas of kirsch, raspberry and licorice, with a medicinal austerity from the sizable cabernet franc component.

Possessives

• worth: He earns some twenty thousand francs a year and spoils a thousand francs ' worth of canvas.

Preposition: in

• gold: In June 1947 Switzerland paid out 250 million francs in gold to the Allied governments.

Preposition: per

• annum: So a later decision had modified the amounts to be paid, to provide an extra 2000 francs per annum for Daguerre.