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Word: Seigniorage
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from Old French seignorage, from seigneur (see seigneur)
ˈseɪnjərɪdʒ
profit made by a government by issuing currency, especially the difference between the face value of coins and their production costs.
Short Definition:profit made by government by issuing currency
a thing claimed by a sovereign or feudal superior as a prerogative.
Short Definition:thing claimed by sovereign or feudal superior as prerogative
- seignorage
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