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specie

[ spee-shee, -see ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

specie

[ spee-shee, -see ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

, Nonstandard.

specie

/ ˈspiːʃiː /

coin money, as distinguished from bullion or paper money
in specie
1. (of money) in coin
2. in kind
3. law in the actual form specified

Origin of specie¹

First recorded in 1545–55; from Latin (in) speciē “(in) kind”; species

Origin of specie²

By back formation, construing species as plural noun

Origin of specie¹

C16: from the Latin phrase in speciē in kind

in specie,
1. in the same kind.
2. (of money) in coin.
3. in a similar manner; in kind:
  Such treachery should be repaid in specie.
4. Law. in the identical shape, form, etc., as specified.

The presence of a large gold fund was an assurance of the ability to return to specie payments after the close of the war.

All the banks in the city of New York without exception, and by common consent, stop specie payments.

He is the author of a respectable work, published under the title of Economica della Specie Umana.

The amount of the guarantee-deposit, which is on every occasion to be paid in specie, will be always fixed by way of ordinance.

The cheque, up till then payable in specie, became a clearing cheque realisable by a simple transfer in writing.

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