Franklin /ˈfɹæŋklɪn/ noun3 •(US, informal) A one-hundred-dollar bill, which carries the portrait of Benjamin Franklin.That night, I bought a stack of spirit money. In U.S. currency, of course. I would make it rain Franklins in the spirit world. — 2018 •A Franklin half dollar. •A member of the Franklin society, a social club at Whittier College founded in 1921.Nixon beat a Franklin for student body president. [He had] learned that being hated by the right people was no impediment to political success. — 2008 formsFranklins