What does seigniorage mean?
Definitions for seigniorage
ˈsin yər ɪdʒ, ˈseɪn-seignior·age
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Princeton's WordNet
seignioragenoun
charged by a government for coining bullion
Wiktionary
seignioragenoun
All the revenue obtained by a feudal lord from his vassals.
seignioragenoun
The revenue obtained directly by minting coin (difference between cost of metal and face value).
seignioragenoun
The revenue obtained by the difference between interest earned on securities acquired in exchange for bank notes and the costs of producing and distributing those notes.
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seigniorage
Seigniorage is the profit made by a government by issuing currency, specifically the difference between the face value of money and the cost to produce it. In other words, it is the economic cost of producing a currency within an economy, including the costs of printing money and minting coins. This term is often used to refer to the income a government gains from its right to print money.
Webster Dictionary
Seignioragenoun
something claimed or taken by virtue of sovereign prerogative; specifically, a charge or toll deducted from bullion brought to a mint to be coined; the difference between the cost of a mass of bullion and the value as money of the pieces coined from it
Seignioragenoun
a share of the receipts of a business taken in payment for the use of a right, as a copyright or a patent
Etymology: [F. seigneuriage, OF. seignorage.]
Wikidata
Seigniorage
Seigniorage is the difference between the value of money and the cost to produce and distribute it. The term can be applied in the following ways: ⁕Seigniorage derived from specie—metal coins—is a tax, added to the total price of a coin, that a customer of the mint had to pay to the mint, and that was sent to the sovereign of the political area. ⁕Seigniorage derived from notes is more indirect, being the difference between interest earned on securities acquired in exchange for bank notes and the costs of producing and distributing those notes. Seigniorage is a convenient source of revenue for some governments.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of seigniorage in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of seigniorage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of seigniorage in a Sentence
There's a consensus around the world among central bank governors and governments at large that they want to have control of money and money supply and the seigniorage that comes along with it, but over-obsessive control and governance is probably more unique to China than anything else.
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