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Webster 1913 Edition


Brassage

Bras′sage

,
Noun.
[F.]
A sum formerly levied to pay the expense of coinage; – now called
seigniorage
.

Definition 2024


brassage

brassage

English

Noun

brassage (usually uncountable, plural brassages)

  1. A sum formerly levied to pay the expense of coinage; seigniorage.


French

Etymology

brasser + -age

Noun

brassage m (plural brassages)

  1. brewing of beer
  2. (figuratively) intermingling of different peoples, cultures and ideas