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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Assignat

· As·si·gnat · IPA /ˈasɪɡnat/
01 n. One of the notes, bills, or bonds, issued as currency by the revolutionary government of France (1790-1796), and based on the security of t…
  1. 1.
    One of the notes, bills, or bonds, issued as currency by the revolutionary government of France (1790-1796), and based on the security of the lands of the church and of nobles which had been appropriated by the state.