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notgelds

notgelds is the plural of notgeld.

Meaning of notgeld

Noun

notgeld (usually uncountable, plural notgelds)

  1. (usually) Money issued by an institution in a time of economic or political crisis, usually without official sanction from the central government.
    • The catalog set I saw was pretty impressive (in size anyway). There were literally thousands of pieces of notgeld listed in three volumes!1993 December 1, barth.richards, “Anyone interested in Royal Doulton”, in rec.collecting (Usenet)
  2. (countable, rare, usually) A piece of notgeld.
    • I am interested also in any information about Specimens,^([sic]) Trial proofs, etc, and any error note of the above, as well as any unlisted notes, including emergency issues and notgelds.1998 February 17, Marc Beoutis, “New Caledonia, New Hebrides & Tahiti”, in rec.collecting.paper-money (Usenet)

Questions about notgelds

What is notgelds the plural of?
Notgelds is the plural of notgeld.

Words near notgelds in the dictionary

  1. noteworthily
  2. noteworthiness
  3. noteworthy
  4. Noteć
  5. notgeld
  6. notgelds
  7. Notgrass
  8. Notgrove
  9. Noth
  10. nothag
  11. nothagge

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