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Definition of "assignats" []

  • Plural form of assignat. (noun)

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Use "assignats" in a sentence
  • "As long as worthless paper-money -- whether called assignats or labour notes -- is offered to the peasant-producer it will always be the same."
  • "September 4th Pétion's secretary came to the Tower to remit to the king a sum of two thousand francs in assignats; he exacted from the king a receipt."
  • "The estates of the clergy were confiscated and became promissory notes called assignats, the new money."