[mass noun]profit made by a government by issuing currency, especially the difference between the face value of coins and their production costs (政府的)造币利润(尤指造币利差) ■(historical)the Crown's right to a percentage on bullion brought to a mint for coining (史)国王的造币提成权 ■[count noun](historical)a thing claimed by a sovereign or feudal superior as a prerogative (史)君主特权
语源
late Middle English: from Old French seignorage, from seigneur (see seigneur)