specie

[ spee-shee, -see ]

/ ˈspi ʃi, -si /

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noun

coined money; coin.

Nearby words

specialization, specialize, specialty, speciate, speciation, specie, specie point, species, species-specific, species-specific antigen, speciesism

Idioms

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.

Origin of specie

1545–55; < Latin (in) speciē (in) kind; see species

Can be confused

specie species specious

Definition for specie (2 of 2)

specie

[ spee-shee, -see ]

/ ˈspi ʃi, -si /

noun Nonstandard.

species.

Origin of specie

by back formation, construing species as plural noun

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Examples from the Web for specie

Their baggage and about ten thousand dollars in specie was packed upon mules.
Calendar history of the Kiowa Indians. (1898 N 17 / 1895-1896 (pages 129-444))|James Mooney
The only avoidance of these evident evils is in a rapid transmission of the mails, specie, and passengers.
Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post|Thomas Rainey
As a marriage dowry he would present us with several barrels of specie, thus showing in what esteem he held me.
Revolutionary Reader|Sophie Lee Foster
What period could be more auspicious for a gradual return, say in six months, to specie?
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866|Various

It is a litigated question, whether the circulation of paper, rather than of specie, is a good or an evil.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson

British Dictionary definitions for specie

specie

/ (ˈspiːʃiː) /

noun

coin money, as distinguished from bullion or paper money

in specie

(of money) in coin
in kind
law in the actual form specified

Word Origin for specie

C16: from the Latin phrase in speciē in kind

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