specie

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

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

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• IPA: /ˈspiːʃi/

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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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• payment in kind

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specie

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

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

Latin species, speciei

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specie f. (plural: specie)

1. kind, species
2. sort

[edit] Related terms

• speciale
• speciazione
• specifico