As'sig-nat', n.
(ăs/in-yĭl', or ăs/ig-nāt') (Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. assignat, from Lat. assignatus, p. p. of assignare.]
Sense 1. (Fr. Law.) The assignment of an annuity (rente) on an estate, by which the annuity is based on the security of the latter.
Sense 2. Paper currency, issued by the revolutionary government of France, based on the security of the lands of the state. Bescherelle.