assignat
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assignats
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Origin of assignat
1780–90; < French < Latin assignātus assigned (past participle of assignāre ). See assign, -ate 1
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Mr. Albertus is right that the French Revolution was a “turning point in human history,” not merely the event that gave us the assignat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
In order to prevent inflation, revolutionary officials promised to retire the assignat from circulation and burn the notes once they were used to buy property, but this commitment was not always honored, prompting public mistrust.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2023
To stimulate purchases, the government began issuing a paper currency called assignat.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2023
From failing insurrections in Paris and the establishment of a new regime known as the Directory, the key drivers of the assignat were on their way out.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2023
Accordingly, an assignat of one hundred francs is worth in June, 1795, four francs, in August three francs, in November fifteen sous, in December ten sous, and then five sous.
From The French Revolution - Volume 3 by John Durand
Unlike assignats, Bitcoins have no backing at all.
From Time ● Apr. 12, 2013
If the French Government had issued only enough assignats for that property, there would have been plenty of assignats to spend until the property was disposed of.
From Time ● Apr. 12, 2013
But the Government liked having extra money and didn’t cancel the assignats as the property was sold.
From Time ● Apr. 12, 2013
The royal assignats, which had been issued under Louis XVI., had depreciated less than the republican ones.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
He aided the formation of the metrical system, the security of the assignats against forgery, and seems to have borne an active part in every public matter in which practical science was concerned.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 by Various
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