SEIGNIORAGE
\sˈe͡ɪni͡əɹɪd͡ʒ], \sˈeɪniəɹɪdʒ], \s_ˈeɪ_n_iə_ɹ_ɪ_dʒ]\
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Something claimed by royal right, as a charge on metal brought to the royal mint to be coined; a share of the receipts of a business taken in payment for the use of a right, as a copyright or patent.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).