ALL meanings of assignat
as·sig·nat
A a - noun assignat the paper money issued by the Constituent Assembly in 1789, backed by the confiscated land of the Church and the émigrés 3
- noun assignat a piece of paper currency issued during the French Revolution with confiscated lands as the security 3
- noun plural assignat one of the notes issued as paper currency from 1789 to 1796 by the revolutionary government on the security of confiscated lands. 1
- noun assignat (historical) A banknote used during the French Revolution, on the security of state land. 0