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Word: Specie
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century: from Latin, ablative of species ‘form, kind’, in the phrase in specie ‘in the actual form’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈspiːʃiː
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈspiːʃi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
money in the form of coins rather than notes
Short Definition:money in form of coins rather than notes
Examples:- the Bank of England in 1795 had held around £8 million in specie
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