Definition of Seignorages

1. seignorage [n] - See also: seignorage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seignorages

seigneuries
seigneurs
seigneury
seignior
seigniorage
seigniorages
seignioral
seignioralties
seignioralty
seigniorial
seigniories
seigniors
seigniory
seigniour
seignorage
seignorages (current term)
seignorial
seignories
seignory
seik
seiker
seikest
seil
seiled
seiling
seils
sein
seine
seined
seinen

Literary usage of Seignorages

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Precious Metals, from Earliest Times to the Present by Alexander Del Mar (1880)
"This act by itself could have made no impression on the ratio; which, next to quantity, is chiefly affected by discriminating seignorages between the metals ..."

2. A history of the precious metals: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Alexander Del Mar (1880)
"This act by itself could have made no impression on the ratio; which, next to quantity, is chiefly affected by discriminating seignorages between the metals ..."

3. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1907)
"When we recall that all wealth originally consisted of so much land and so many cattle, which called for large estates with burdensome seignorages, ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals of Maryland by Richard Wordsworth Gill, Oliver Miller, Maryland Court of Appeals (1852)
"... a table of the seignorages paid in, Cornwall; shewing that the rent for the future working of the mine, was looked to by W. and P. both. ..."

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