seigniorage

n. பண்ணை முதல்வர் தனியுரிமைக்கூறு, மேலாண்மைக்கூறு, தங்கச்சுரங்கத்தில் பண்ணை மேல்வளர்க்குரிய ஊதியப்பங்கு, மன்னர் காணி, அரசர் சிறப்புரிமைப் பங்கு, கம்பட்ட சாலைக்காக வாங்கும் கட்டித் தங்கத்தில் விழுக்காடாகக் கொள்ளும் முடியுரிமை கூறு.

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Seign"ior*age, n. Etym: [F. seigneuriage, OF. seignorage.] 1. 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. If government, however, throws the expense of coinage, as is reasonable, upon the holders, by making a charge to cover the expense (which is done by giving back rather less in coin than has been received in bullion, and is called "levying a seigniorage"), the coin will rise to the extent of the seigniorage above the value of the bullion. J. S. Mill. 2. A share of the receipts of a business taken in payment for the use of a right, as a copyright or a patent.

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