specie
Meaning
- Type or kind, in various uses of the phrase in specie.
- Money in the form of coins made from precious metal that has an intrinsic value; coinage.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈspiːʃi/
Etymology
Originally in the phrase in specie; from Latin speciē, ablative singular of species. Compare payment in kind.
New
species
- Type or kind. (Compare race.)
- Type or kind. (Compare race.)
- Type or kind. (Compare race.)
- Type or kind. (Compare race.)
- Type or kind. (Compare race.)
- (obsolete) An image, an appearance, a spectacle.
- An image, an appearance, a spectacle.
- Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated.
- Coin, or coined silver, gold, or other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.
- A component part of compound medicine; a simple.
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