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SPECIE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does specie mean?
• SPECIE (noun)
The noun SPECIE has 1 sense:
1. coins collectively
Familiarity information: SPECIE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coins collectively
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
coinage; metal money; mintage; specie
Hypernyms ("specie" is a kind of...):
currency (the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "specie"):
coin (a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money)
Context examples
His arguments were pointed with specie—we doing the punctuation—and with a little bargaining he told us what he knew.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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