Etymology

notgeld

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Today it means: Money issued by an institution in a time of economic or political crisis, usually without official sanction from the central government. Full definition →

German Notgeld
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  1. German · borrowed fromNotgeld
  2. English todaynotgeld

Unadapted borrowing from German Notgeld.

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