 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
specie
noun: coins collectively [syn: {coinage}, {mintage}, {metal money}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Specie \Spe"ci*e\,
abl. of L. species sort, kind. Used in the phrase in specie,
that is, in sort, in kind, in (its own) form.
''[The king] expects a return in specie from them'' [i.
e., kindness for kindness]. --Dryden.
{In specie} (Law), in precise or definite form; specifically;
according to the exact terms; of the very thing.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Specie \Spe"cie\, noun [Formed as a singular from species, in
sense 5.]
Coin; hard money.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "specie":
and pence, cash, circulating medium, coin, coinage, coined liberty,
cold cash, crown, currency, dollars, double eagle, doubloon, ducat,
eagle, emergency money, filthy lucre, five-dollar gold piece,
fractional currency, gold, gold piece, guinea, half crown,
half eagle, hard cash, hard currency, hard money, legal tender,
lucre, mammon, managed currency, medium of exchange, mintage,
moidore, money, napoleon, necessity money, pelf, piece,
piece of money, piece of silver, postage currency, postal currency,
pound sovereign, pounds, roll of coins, rouleau, scrip, shillings,
silver, soft currency, sovereign, sterling, ten-dollar gold piece,
the almighty dollar, the wherewith, the wherewithal,
twenty-dollar gold piece
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