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English

Etymology

Originally in the phrase in specie; from #Latin|speciē, ablative singular of species.

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈspiːʃi/

Noun

  1. type|Type or kind, in various uses of the phrase in specie.
  2. money|Money, especially in the form of coins made from precious metal, that has an intrinsic value; coinage.
  3. *2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 8:
  4. *:“Dick” Counterfly had absquatulated swiftly into the night, leaving his son with only a pocketful of specie and the tender admonition, “Got to ‘scram,’ kid — write if you get work.”


Translations

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Dutch

Noun

specie

  1. mortar (in sense of mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)


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Italian

Etymology

Latin species, speciei

Noun

specie (plural: specie)

  1. kind, species
  2. sort


Related terms


de:specie el:specie fr:specie hy:specie io:specie it:specie hu:specie pl:specie ru:specie te:specie vi:specie

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Specie \Spe"ci*e\,
abl. of L. species sort, kind. Used in the phrase in specie,
that is, in sort, in kind, in (its own) form.
[1913 Webster]

"[The king] expects a return in specie from them" [i.
e., kindness for kindness]. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

In specie (Law), in precise or definite form; specifically;
according to the exact terms; of the very thing.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Specie \Spe"cie\, n. [Formed as a singular from species, in
sense 5.]
Coin; hard money.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet specie
n : coins collectively [syn: coinage, mintage, metal money]
Moby Dictionary
and pence , cash , circulating medium , coin , coinage , coined liberty ,
cold cash , crown , currency , dollars , double eagle , doubloon , ducat ,
eagle , emergency money , filthy lucre , five-dollar gold piece ,
fractional currency , gold , gold piece , guinea , half crown ,
half eagle , hard cash , hard currency , hard money , legal tender ,
lucre , mammon , managed currency , medium of exchange , mintage ,
moidore , money , napoleon , necessity money , pelf , piece ,
piece of money , piece of silver , postage currency , postal currency ,
pound sovereign , pounds , roll of coins , rouleau , scrip , shillings ,
silver , soft currency , sovereign , sterling , ten-dollar gold piece ,
the almighty dollar , the wherewith , the wherewithal ,
twenty-dollar gold piece


SPECIE. Metallic money issued by public authority. 2. This term is used in contradistinction to paper money, which in some countries is emitted by the government, and is a mere engagement which represents specie. Bank paper in the United States is also called paper money. Specie is the only constitutional money in this country. See 4 Monr. 483.
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