assignats
- plural of assignat.
Example Sentences
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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
Unlike assignats, Bitcoins have no backing at all.
From Time ● Apr. 12, 2013
The destruction of the plate for printing assignats, on the 18th of February 1796, did not prevent the drop in the forty milliards still in circulation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various
Nothing could be more false than the common opinion that as a financier his sole expedient was to multiply the emissions of assignats.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
