单词 | mandat territorial |
释义 | > as lemmasmandat territorial 1. In full mandat territorial. A unit of currency issued in the form of paper money by the revolutionary government of France from 1796 to 1797. Cf. assignat n. historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > foreign banknotes > [noun] > French assignat1790 mandat1796 1796 T. W. Tone Diary 22 May in Writings (2009) II. 189 Madgett replied..that the Government was in the most extreme distress for money, being absolutely without any; that the mandats had failed in their operation. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 238/2 Mandats, a national paper-money, issued..in France to replace the assignats which had become wretchedly depreciated. 1902 J. R. Moreton-Macdonald in T. Carlyle French Revol. III. App. 339 The Directory..destroyed the die of the Assignats, but immediately replaced them by Mandats Territoriaux which rapidly followed the same course. 1930 S. E. Harris Assignats ix. 225 The Assignats were to be exchanged for Mandats which were to be supported by a special security. 1955 E. Pound Section: Rock-drill lxxxviii. 45 Willing to see a currency of hard money..as France since the time of mandats and assignats. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia I. 594/3 In early 1796 the assignats were replaced by the mandats territoriaux (land warrants) at the rate of one mandat for 30 assignats. The failure of the mandat to gain public confidence forced the Directory to return to a metallic currency (Feb. 4, 1797). < as lemmas |
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