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bul⋅lion

  [bool-yuhn]
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–noun
1. gold or silver considered in mass rather than in value.
2. gold or silver in the form of bars or ingots.
3. Also called bullion fringe. a thick trimming of cord covered with gold or silver thread, for decorating uniforms.
4. embroidery or lace worked with gold wire or gold or silver cords.
Origin:
1300–50; ME: melted mass of gold or silver < AL bulliōn- (s. of bulliō) in same sense (< AF bullion mint), lit., a boiling, equiv. to bull(īre) to bubble, boil 1 + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
bul⋅lion⋅less, adjective
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Bullion Market - - Monex
Leading Bullion Dealer for decades Market Orders, Limits and Stops
www.Monex.com/products
Gold Bullion Coin Dealer
Buy American Eagle, Maple Leaf, or Krugerrand bullion. A+ BBB Rating.
www.BlanchardOnline.com
bul·lion   (bŏŏl'yən)   
n.  

    1. Gold or silver considered with respect to quantity rather than value.

    2. Gold or silver in the form of bars, ingots, or plates.

  2. A heavy lace trimming made of twisted gold or silver threads.


[Middle English, ingot of precious metal, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French billon (from bille, stick; see billon) and from Old French bouillon, bubble on the surface of boiling liquid (from boilir, to boil; see boil1).]
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Word Origin & History

bullion 
1429, from Anglo-Norm. bullion "bar of precious metal," also "place where coins are made, mint," probably, through the notion of "melting," from O.Fr. boillir "to boil," from L. bullire "boil." But perhaps it is rather from O.Fr. bille "block of wood."
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Financial Dictionary

Bullion

Gold and silver that is officially recognized as high quality (at least 99.5% pure), and is in the form of bars rather than coins.

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Traditionally, bullion has been a good hedge against inflation.

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Financial Dictionary

bullion

Refined gold or silver in bulk (that is, ingots) rather than in the form of coins.

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