Seigniorage

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Revenue or a profit taken from the minting of coins, usually the difference between the value of the bullion used and the face value of the coin.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. All the revenue obtained by a feudal lord from his vassals.
  • n. The revenue obtained directly by minting coin (difference between cost of metal and face value).
  • n. 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. A share of the receipts of a business taken in payment for the use of a right, as a copyright or a patent.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Something claimed by the sovereign or by a superior as a prerogative; specifically, an ancient royalty or prerogative of the crown, whereby it claimed a percentage upon bullion brought to the mint to be coined or to be exchanged for coin; the difference between the cost of a mass of bullion and the face-value of the pieces coined from it.
  • n. A royalty; a share of profit; especially, the money received by an author from his publisher for copyright of his works.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. charged by a government for coining bullion
  • Hypernym
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    fee   
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