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seigniorage 

(also seignorage) 

noun 

profit made by a government by issuing currency, especially the difference between the face value of coins and their production costs. 

• historical the Crown's right to a percentage on bullion brought to a mint for coining. 

• historical a thing claimed by a sovereign or feudal superior as a prerogative. 

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intendant 

noun

1 the administrator of an opera house or theater. 

2 mainly historical 

a title given to a high-ranking official or administrator, especially in France, Spain, Portugal, or one of their colonies. 

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intendancy noun 

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décolleté

adjective 

(also décolletée) 

(of a woman's dress or top) having a low neckline. 

noun 

a low neckline on a woman's dress or top. 

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suzerain

noun 

a sovereign or state having some control over another state that is internally autonomous.

 • historical a feudal overlord. 

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