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Etymology

Originally in the phrase in specie; from Latin speciē, ablative singular of species. Compare payment in kind.

Pronunciation

Noun

specie (uncountable)

  1. Type or kind, in various uses of the phrase in specie.
  2. Money, especially in the form of coins made from precious metal, that has an intrinsic value; coinage.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 8:
      “Dick” Counterfly had absquatulated swiftly into the night, leaving his son with only a pocketful of specie and the tender admonition, “Got to ‘scram,’ kid — write if you get work.”

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Dutch

Noun

specie

  1. (uncountable) mortar (in sense of mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)

Italian

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Etymology

Latin species, speciei

Noun

specie f. inv.

  1. kind, type, sort
  2. (biology) species, strain, breed
  3. (taxonomy) species

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