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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ASSIGNAT

From French, from Latin assignātum something appointed.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ASSIGNAT

assignat  [ˈæsɪɡˌnæt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASSIGNAT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Assignat is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ASSIGNAT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

assignat

Assignat

Assignat was a type of a monetary instrument used during the time of the French Revolution, and the French Revolutionary Wars.

Definition of assignat in the English dictionary

The definition of assignat in the dictionary is the paper money issued by the Constituent Assembly in 1789, backed by the confiscated land of the Church and the émigrés.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ASSIGNAT


aplanat
ˈæpləˌnæt
gnat
næt
manat
mæˈnæt
Nat
næt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ASSIGNAT

assiduity
assiduous
assiduously
assiduousness
assiege
assiento
assign
assignability
assignable
assignably
assignation
assignee
assigner
assignment
assignor
assimilability
assimilable
assimilably
assimilate
assimilation

WORDS THAT END LIKE ASSIGNAT

all that
alternat
and all that
and that
as all that
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Banat
be all that
beat
been-there done-that
boat
body fat
buffalo gnat
donnat
externat
gall gnat
pensionnat
qanat
quinnat
spent gnat

Synonyms and antonyms of assignat in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «assignat» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ASSIGNAT

Find out the translation of assignat to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of assignat from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «assignat» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

assignat
1,325 millions of speakers

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570 millions of speakers

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510 millions of speakers

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assignat
380 millions of speakers
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280 millions of speakers

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assignat
278 millions of speakers

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assignat
270 millions of speakers

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assignat
260 millions of speakers

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assignat
220 millions of speakers

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Assignat
190 millions of speakers

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Assignaten
180 millions of speakers

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assignat
130 millions of speakers

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assignat
85 millions of speakers

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Assignat
85 millions of speakers
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assignat
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

assignat
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असाइन करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

assignat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Assignat
65 millions of speakers

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assignat
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

assignat
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

assignat
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

assignat
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Assignaat
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Assignat
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

assignat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of assignat

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ASSIGNAT»

The term «assignat» is regularly used and occupies the 92.784 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ASSIGNAT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about assignat

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASSIGNAT»

Discover the use of assignat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to assignat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution
A hint of the tortuous fate that lay in store for the word assignat, which all of France would learn in December 1 789 and use for several years thereafter, can perhaps be gleaned from the ambiguity surrounding its inception. The highly technical ...
François Furet, Mona Ozouf, 1989
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Case of ... Lucius, lord Inchiquin ... on his claiming the ...
E. Waimisiey, cum oibus decima tam major quam minor eid ptinent cuid Thadeo McConsidin hered et f-L assignat suis in perpet sub conditione redempt post quinqs annor super solut cent et 30th July 1861. sexag[„ta 1ibrar monet predict prout ...
Parliament lords, proc, Vict, Lucius O'Brien (13th baron of Inchiquin.), 1861
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The Politics of the Provisional: Art and Ephemera in ...
In France at the end of the eighteenth century, few objects articulated so vividly the Revolution's uneasy position with regard to its own permanence as the assignat, a government bond based on nationalized clerical land that subsequently ...
Richard Taws
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The History of Money for Understanding Economics
Creation. of. the. assignat. in. 1789. The lack of coins had started before the Revolution, with deflation hurting Europe since 1780. In 1789, the revolutionary turmoil made things worse due to the rich hoarding massive amounts of silver and ...
Vincent Lannoye, 2011
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Works of the Camden Society
Item vult et assignat quod omnes sui servientes meniales foris manentes et hospitati in suo hospicio per unum annum ante predictum tempus sui resolutionis stipendia et alia singula recipientur, prout de eo in sua. vita receperunt. Item vult et ...
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The Standard of Living and Revolutions in Russia, 1700-1917
(6.1 silver rubles) for Nizhnii Novgorod province, with the caveat that there are no other figures.123 For the non-black-earth region for the 1780s, Koval'chenko and Milov provide data on quitrent in Kostroma province (4.3 assignat rubles) and ...
Boris Nikolaevich Mironov, Gregory L. Freeze, 2012
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Standard Catalog of World Paper Money General Issues - 1368-1960
Without text: Promesse d'Assignat. Green. 900. 2400. 4500. A25 300 Livres 1776 -90. Black. Without text: Promesse d'Assignat. Blue. 1000. 2200. 4700. A26 600 Livres 1776-90. Black. Without text: Promesse d'Assignat. — — — A27 1000 ...
George S. Cuhaj, 2012
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Rational Expectations and Inflation (Third Edition)
Nothing could save the assignat. Ramel-Nogaret, the new finance minister, said ” it was impossible to maintain the assignat's initial credit, if it is true, as experience has taught us, that any currency (un signe auelconaue) may lose its value not ...
Thomas J. Sargent, 2013
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Sans-culottes: An Eighteenth-century Emblem in the French ...
Trade was "doubtless useful and necessary," but it was still possible to ask "how far it was suitable for the French people to be commercial (commercant).125 The issue overlapped with discussions of the future of the assignat, and of the ...
Michael Sonenscher, 2008
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Designing Central Banks
Discount offices were established in the major Russian ports in 1797, as subsidiaries of the Assignat Bank, to finance Russian merchants, but their activities remained relatively insignificant. The volume of commercial credit started to grow only ...
Heinz Herrmann, David Mayes, Geoffrey E Wood, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASSIGNAT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term assignat is used in the context of the following news items.
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La guillotina y el dólar
El luis d'or emergió en el mercado como un vigilante, observando cada día, con infalible fidelidad, la caída en el valor del Assignat . «El Financiero, Mar 15»
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'Stuff and Money in the Time of the French Revolution', by Rebecca …
Popular distrust of the “real” worth of assignats prompted a contagion of fraud, suspicion and uncertainty. How could one tell a fake assignat, ... «Financial Times, Jan 15»
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“If Something Cannot Go on Forever, It Will Stop”
... payment in gold or silver as was done by respective French governments during John Law's and the Assignat paper money episodes. «Gold Seek, Dec 14»
4
Crisis governance covers collapsing currency
It takes immorality to entertain. And in France during the Assignat Inflation, beginning in 1789 and the early 1790s, to say that the currency was ... «Personal Liberty Digest, Oct 14»
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Desperate Acts to Retain the Paper Monetary System
Also, we revisited the revolutionary period in France which resulted in the assignat's disintegration into a hyper-inflationary heap. Little wonder ... «Gold Seek, Sep 14»
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Catalunya surt al carrer per celebrar l'11 de Setembre
Com és habitual, nombrosos illencs i valencians prendran part dels actes reivindicatius de la Diada; fins i tot, tenen assignat un tram propi a la ... «Diari de Balears, Sep 14»
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Don't write off gold, as 'money' rolls off the presses
In December 1792 a deputation to the Revolutionary Convention claimed the depreciation of the assignat and consequent high prices had ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jun 14»
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Lessons from the Great French Inflation
On March 17, 1790, the revolutionary National Assembly voted to issue a new paper currency called the “assignat,” and in April, 400 million ... «Somewhat Reasonable - Heartland Institute, May 14»
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Gold as a hyperinflation hedge
... market as a monitor, noting each day, with unerring fidelity, the decline in value of the assignat; a monitor not to be bribed, not to be scared. «Gold Seek, Feb 14»
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Dangerous Excess - QE Fiscal Easing Past And Present
The French assignat monetary bubble or “fiscal easing” experiment .... was a complete and total difference between the issue of assignat paper ... «The Market Oracle, Jul 13»

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