Assignat \As`si`gnat"\ (?; 277), n. [F. assignat, fr. L.
assignatus, p. p. of assignare.]
One of the notes, bills, or bonds, issued as currency by the
revolutionary government of France (1790-1796), and based on
the security of the lands of the church and of nobles which
had been appropriated by the state.
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