something claimed by a sovereign or superior as a prerogative.
2.
a charge on bullion brought to the mint to be coined.
3.
the difference between the cost of the bullion plus minting expenses and the value as money of the pieces coined, constituting a source of government revenue.
Also, seign·or·age.
Origin: 1400–50; late Middle English seigneurage < Middle French seignorage, seigneurage;see seigneur, -age
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.