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specie::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | coinage, metal money, mintage |
| Type of | currency |
| Has types | coin |
Examples of specie
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Murchison may instead consider an in specie distribution of its Cashmere shares.
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It turns out to be useful since it may lead to a change of specie for example.
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The London specie market suffered a spate of large and varied losses in 2007.
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A note is a promise to redeem later for some other object of value, usually specie.
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Those deficits were financed by eastern capital as specie moved into western banks.
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If you qualify, then any transfer would be seen as an in-specie contribution.
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The bank was funded in part by specie loaned to the United States by France.
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In theory, governments still promised to redeem notes in specie on demand.
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By the end of the month the banks had suspended specie payment on their own banknotes.
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- Coinage: coins collectively
- Type or kind, in various uses of the phrase in specie; Money, especially in the form of coins made from precious metal, that has an intrinsic value; coinage
- Precious metal used to back money, usually gold and silver.
- Any monetary gold or silver, whether in the form of bullion (bars) or coins.
- Coins, normally including only those made of precious metal.
- A category in plant classification, the lowest principal rank below genus.Always indicated in lower case. An example is:Leucanthemum superbum 'Becky', of which superbum is the specie. ...
- And species make a fascinating case. Both words come from a Latin word meaning "kind", but they do not form a singular-plural pair; they are separate non-countable nouns. Coins, such as nickels, euros, and cents are specie, but there is no plural. The idea is "payment in kind". ...
- Valuable cargo such as money, precious metal, jewellery etc. (see also Loss of Specie).
- A term for hard coin, such as gold or silver, that can also back and give a fixed point of valua tion to paper currencies.
