bullion
gold or silver considered in mass rather than in value.
gold or silver in the form of bars or ingots.
Also called bullion fringe . a thick trimming of cord covered with gold or silver thread, for decorating uniforms.
embroidery or lace worked with gold wire or gold or silver cords.
Origin of bullion
1Other words from bullion
- bul·lion·less, adjective
Words that may be confused with bullion
- bouillon, bullion
Words Nearby bullion
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How to use bullion in a sentence
The company has also created digital tokens for gold that are tied to actual bars of bullion held in a London bank.
PayPal joins a major investment round in ‘plug-and-play’ crypto firm Paxos | Jeff | December 17, 2020 | Fortunebullion prices have grown nearly 40 percent in the past year.
The blank right-hand panel could be mirror as well as bullion.
Warhol's $105 Million 'Crash' Is A Portrait of Consumption | Blake Gopnik | November 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWarhol's "Crash" may have started out depicting hoarded bullion, but last night that's what it became.
Warhol's $105 Million 'Crash' Is A Portrait of Consumption | Blake Gopnik | November 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNor do they expect other people to believe this, sparking a hysteria that could make the fortunes of those with bullion.
Then small bullion tassels to match the twist will form a suitable and elegant finish.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyFor some years the subject attracted little attention, until the bullion committee of 1810 propounded a sounder theory.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanGold was considered bullion in Palestine for a long time after silver was current as money.
He 'sophisticated' it, as the parliamentary documents call it—that is, he used base metal instead of bullion.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 440 | Various"You'd have to be protected; you'd be bullion on two legs," said Algernon, always shrewd in detecting a weakness.
Rhoda Fleming, Complete | George Meredith
British Dictionary definitions for bullion
/ (ˈbʊljən) /
gold or silver in mass
gold or silver in the form of bars and ingots, suitable for further processing
Also called: bullion fringe a thick gold or silver wire or fringed cord used as a trimming, as on military uniforms
Origin of bullion
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