assignat
noun
one of the notes issued as paper currency from 1789 to 1796 by the revolutionary government on the security of confiscated lands.
assignats
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pluralof assignat.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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
Those assignats which were returned to the state as purchase-money were to be cancelled, and the whole issue, it was argued, would consequently disappear as the national lands were distributed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
On the 27th Aug. of the same year Mirabeau urged the issuing of 2,000,000,000 francs of new assignats, which caused a dispute in the Assembly.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
