in specie
Idioms-
In coin, as in The balance was to be paid only in specie . [First half of 1600s]
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In a similar manner, in kind, as in They repaid the offense in specie . [Mid-1500s] Both usages are derived from the Latin in specie , meaning “in the actual form.”
Example Sentences
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One soldier in the Continental Army, Joseph Plumb Martin, recounted how he received no pay in paper money after 1777 and only one month’s payment in specie, or hard currency, in 1781.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
During the War of 1812, the Bank of the United States had suspended payments in specie, “hard money” usually in the form of gold and silver coins.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
One hundred and fifty dollars "in specie" was exacted and paid for a term of duty of only five months.
From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by James H. Stark
My father’s property, before the war, was easily convertible into about $85,000 to $100,000 in specie.
From The Women of the Confederacy by J. L. Underwood
I then call equally Grave in specie, those Matters of which equall Masses weigh equally.
From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galileo Galilei
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