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bul⋅lion
[boo
l-yuhn] 
–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. |
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| bul·lion (bŏŏl'yən) n.
[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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Bullion
Bul"lion\ (b[.u]l"y[u^]n), n. [Cf. OE. bullyon a hook used for fastening the dress, a button, stud, an embossed ornament of various kinds, e. g., on the cover of a book, on bridles or poitrels, for purses, for breeches and doublets, LL. bullio the swelling of boiling water, a mass of gold or silver, fr. L. bulla boss, stud, bubble (see Bull an edict), or perh. corrupted fr. F. billon base coin, LL. billio bullion. Cf. Billon, Billet a stick.]1. Uncoined gold or silver in the mass. Note: Properly, the precious metals are called bullion, when smelted and not perfectly refined, or when refined, but in bars, ingots or in any form uncoined, as in plate. The word is often often used to denote gold and silver, both coined and uncoined, when reckoned by weight and in mass, including especially foreign, or uncurrent, coin. 2. Base or uncurrent coin. [Obs.] And those which eld's strict doom did disallow, And damm for bullion, go for current now. --Sylvester. 3. Showy metallic ornament, as of gold, silver, or copper, on bridles, saddles, etc. [Obs.] The clasps and bullions were worth a thousand pound. --Skelton. 4. Heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent.
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Language Translation for : bullion
Spanish:
oro, *plata en barras,
German:
ungemünztes Gold, *Silber,
Japanese:
金塊
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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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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bullion
- Refined gold or silver in bulk (that is, ingots) rather than in the form of coins.
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