France
now
uses
the
euro
.
French
francs
are
no
longer
____________________
____________________
(
legal
money
/
legal
tender
/
foreign
currencies
)
in
France
.
A
____________________
(
commission
/
bonus
/
wage
)
is
an
amount
of
money
paid
to
some
employees
,
such
as
salespeople
and
agents
,
according
to
the
value
of
goods
they
have
sold
.
I
?
ll
buy
a
new
computer
if
I
can
pay
for
it
in
monthly
____________________
(
parts
/
outgoings
/
instalments
)
.
A
____________________
(
current
/
savings
/
demand
)
account
pays
interest
but
you
cannot
use
its
money
directly
in
order
to
pay
bills
.
The
____________________
(
prime
/
discount
/
base
)
rate
is
the
rate
that
the
central
bank
sets
to
lend
short
-
term
funds
to
commercial
banks
.
The
higher
the
borrower
?
s
____________________
(
solvency
/
collateral
/
maturity
)
,
the
lower
the
interest
rate
they
pay
for
loan
.
One
of
the
functions
of
a
central
bank
is
to
act
as
a
lender
of
last
____________________
(
resort
/
time
/
bail
)
by
lending
money
to
financial
institutions
in
difficulty
.
Another
function
is
to
participate
in
____________________
(
issuing
/
settling
/
clearing
)
cheques
among
commercial
banks
.
