Definitions for assignat

assignat as·sig·nat

Spelling: [as-ig-nat; French a-see-nya
IPA: /ˈæs ɪgˌnæt; French a siˈnya/

Assignat is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 226 anagrams from letters in assignat (aaginsst).

Definitions for assignat

noun

  1. one of the notes issued as paper currency from 1789 to 1796 by the revolutionary government on the security of confiscated lands.

Origin of assignat

1780-90; French Latin assignātus assigned (past participle of assignāre). See assign, -ate1

Examples for assignat

I looked up, and there, straight before me, saw the same officer who had given me the assignat the night before.

Ominous it was when persons compelled to take this loan found for an assignat of one hundred francs only one franc was allowed.

I looked up, and, straight before me, saw the same officer who had given me the assignat the night before.

And yet Cambon steadily insisted that the security for the assignat currency was perfect.

At these words he held up triumphantly the French assignat, and waved it before the eyes of the court.

The paper was a French assignat, bearing the words, 'Payez au porteur la somme de deux mille livres.'

When the guillotine stops working, the assignat, losing its official value, falls to its real value.

In June, 1795, the quotation of the assignat oscillated violently.

Napoleon had nothing remaining, but an assignat of one hundred sous, his pay being in arrear.

He would not even change an assignat to take for what I drank, which was not a little; and I therefore owe him for it.

Word Value for assignat
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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