seignorage

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A form of seigniorage — All the revenue obtained by a feudal lord from his vassals.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounseignorage (plural seignorages)

plural seignorages

  1. alternativeAlternative form of seigniorage.

    The member states have transferred their seignorage rights to the ECB, and the ECB is currently earning about €25 billion ($32.7 billion) annually.

    2012, George Soros, Reversing Europe’s Renationalization
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Chicago

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