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单词 seigniorage
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Definition of seigniorage in English:

seigniorage

(also seignorage)
noun ˈseɪnjərɪdʒˈseɪnjərɪdʒ
  • 1mass noun Profit made by a government by issuing currency, especially the difference between the face value of coins and their production costs.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Second, nation states use their currency for seigniorage.
    • If it enters bilateral or multilateral agreements, there would be a likely cost of sharing seigniorage collected on the dollars circulating in the dollarized countries.
    • First, the issuer of the key currency can collect seigniorage.
    • I merely point out that in this case the reduction in the benefits of seigniorage would be balanced in a slight boost to US output growth.
    • The United States Joint Economic Committee recently proposed a simple formula for sharing revenues from seigniorage as follows.
    • My point is that the seigniorage that the US enjoys as a result of the dollar's being the international reserve currency has a cost as well.
    1. 1.1historical The Crown's right to a percentage on bullion brought to a mint for coining.
  • 2historical A thing claimed by a sovereign or feudal superior as a prerogative.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French seignorage, from seigneur (see seigneur).

 
 

Definition of seigniorage in US English:

seigniorage

(also seignorage)
nounˈseɪnjərɪdʒˈsānyərij
  • 1Profit made by a government by issuing currency, especially the difference between the face value of coins and their production costs.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The United States Joint Economic Committee recently proposed a simple formula for sharing revenues from seigniorage as follows.
    • First, the issuer of the key currency can collect seigniorage.
    • If it enters bilateral or multilateral agreements, there would be a likely cost of sharing seigniorage collected on the dollars circulating in the dollarized countries.
    • Second, nation states use their currency for seigniorage.
    • I merely point out that in this case the reduction in the benefits of seigniorage would be balanced in a slight boost to US output growth.
    • My point is that the seigniorage that the US enjoys as a result of the dollar's being the international reserve currency has a cost as well.
    1. 1.1historical The Crown's right to a percentage on bullion brought to a mint for coining.
    2. 1.2historical A thing claimed by a sovereign or feudal superior as a prerogative.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French seignorage, from seigneur (see seigneur).

 
 
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