English dictionary
assignat
/'/&/s/I/g,n/&/t/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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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.
Source: webster1913