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assignat

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as·sig·nat  (sg-nt, sn-yä)
n.
Any of the notes issued as paper currency in France (1789-1796) by the revolutionary government and secured by confiscated lands.
[French, from Latin assigntus, past participle of assignre, to assign; see assign.]


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While still a few steps from the officer she unfolded the kerchief and took out of it a white twenty-five-ruble assignat and hastily handed it to him.
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