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Webster 1913 Edition
Assignat
‖
Asˊsiˊgnat′
(?; 277)
, Noun.
[F.
assignat
, fr. L. assignatus
, p. p. of assignare
.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Assignat
AS'SIGNAT
,Noun.