Assignat (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural as·sig·nats [as-ig-nats; French a-see-nya]. /ˈæs ɪgˌnæts; French a siˈnya/. French History.
  1. one of the notes issued as paper currency from 1789 to 1796 by the revolutionary government on the security of confiscated lands.
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  1. the paper money issued by the Constituent Assembly in 1789, backed by the confiscated land of the Church and the émigrés
Assignat (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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