seignorage
- a variation of seigniorage.
Example Sentences
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They would neither lose nor gain, therefore, upon the whole transaction, and they would, in this, as in all the foregoing cases, be exactly in the same situation as if there was no seignorage.
From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain
How a seignorage on coin would operate, 226.
From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain
It is on this principle that paper money circulates: the whole charge for paper money may be considered as seignorage.
From On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation by Ricardo, David
Upon the advantage of seignorage in the coining of money—book 4, chap. vi.
From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain
If the seignorage had been two per cent., there would have been neither profit nor loss.
From An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Smith, Adam
