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specie
1[spee-shee, -see]
noun
coined money; coin.
specie
2[spee-shee, -see]
noun
specie
/ ˲õ±č¾±Ėʾ±Ė /
noun
coin money, as distinguished from bullion or paper money
(of money) in coin
in kind
law in the actual form specified
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of specie1
Idioms and Phrases
in specie,
in the same kind.
(of money) in coin.
in a similar manner; in kind.
Such treachery should be repaid in specie.
Law. in the identical shape, form, etc., as specified.
Example Sentences
Until recently, the only non-human species of mammals that were known to experience menopause were a select few specie, such as orcas ā not primates.
The triumphant Red Sticks slaughtered the fortās livestock and horses, destroyed the inhabitantsā property and melted the silver specie.
His arguments were pointed with specieāwe doing the punctuationāand with a little bargaining he told us what he knew.
The new specie is called Homo luzonensis after the main northern island of Luzon, where the remains were dug up starting in 2007.
Your merchant ships should go out loaded with attractive goods and came back overflowing with shiny specie.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Ā© Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageĀ® Idioms Dictionary copyright Ā© 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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