/as"ig nat'/ ; Fr. /ann see nyann"/ , n. , pl. assignats /as"ig nats'/ ; Fr. /ann see nyann"/ . Fr. Hist.
one of the notes issued as paper currency from 1789 to 1796 by the revolutionary government on the security of confiscated lands.
[ 1780-90; assignatus assigned (ptp. of assignare ). See ASSIGN, -ATE 1 ]