specie

Meaning

  1. Type or kind, in various uses of the phrase in specie.
  2. 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

  1. Type or kind. (Compare race.)
  2. Type or kind. (Compare race.)
  3. Type or kind. (Compare race.)
  4. Type or kind. (Compare race.)
  5. Type or kind. (Compare race.)
  6. (obsolete) An image, an appearance, a spectacle.
  7. An image, an appearance, a spectacle.
  8. Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated.
  9. Coin, or coined silver, gold, or other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.
  10. A component part of compound medicine; a simple.

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