specie
/ˈspiːʃi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Money in the form of coins made from precious metal that has an intrinsic value; coinage.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "I received one month's pay in specie while on the march to Virginia, in the year 1781, and except that, I never received any pay worth the name while I belonged to the army."
- "‘It was not money or specie he thought himself hunting!’"
- "“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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Frequently Paired Words
sub specie aeterni
payment in kind