Neuter

devies

Meaning

  1. (neuter, no-diminutive) motto, slogan, watchword
  2. (neuter, no-diminutive) security (proof for ownership of bonds)
  3. (neuter, no-diminutive, plural-normally) money or an asset in a foreign currency

Pronounced as (IPA)
/dəˈvis/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch devise, from Middle French devise, from Old French devise. The financial senses were borrowed from German Devise, from French devise.

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