seignorage
- a variation of seigniorage.
Example Sentences
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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 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
How a seignorage on coin would operate, 226.
From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain
Accordingly Necker says that the French king takes only 2 per cent of seignorage.
From Life of Adam Smith by Rae, John
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
