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View synonyms for specie

specie

1

[ spee-shee, -see ]

noun

  1. coined money; coin.


specie

2

[ spee-shee, -see ]

noun

, Nonstandard.

specie

/ ˈspiːʃiː /

noun

  1. coin money, as distinguished from bullion or paper money
  2. in specie
    1. (of money) in coin
    2. in kind
    3. law in the actual form specified
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Word History and Origins

Origin of specie1

First recorded in 1545–55; from Latin (in) speciē “(in) kind”; species

Origin of specie2

By back formation, construing species as plural noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of specie1

C16: from the Latin phrase in speciē in kind
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. in specie,
    1. in the same kind.
    2. (of money) in coin.
    3. in a similar manner; in kind:

      Such treachery should be repaid in specie.

    4. Law. in the identical shape, form, etc., as specified.
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Example Sentences

Also thriving were bacterial species that survive only in environments with little to no oxygen.

Specific timing depends on the weather, latitude, elevation, and the tree species you are working with.

Darwinian evolution has resulted in millions of species that are perfectly adapted to their environment.

When hunting, ranching, or other human activities create those invisible barriers, they present challenges for the migration or natural reintroduction of species.

That’s just one example of the daily battles that rescue teams such as Jabbar’s wage as they try to protect one of the world’s rarest dolphin species, the Indus river dolphin.

From Ozy

The presence of a large gold fund was an assurance of the ability to return to specie payments after the close of the war.

All the banks in the city of New York without exception, and by common consent, stop specie payments.

He is the author of a respectable work, published under the title of Economica della Specie Umana.

The amount of the guarantee-deposit, which is on every occasion to be paid in specie, will be always fixed by way of ordinance.

The cheque, up till then payable in specie, became a clearing cheque realisable by a simple transfer in writing.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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