| 单词 | specie |
| 释义 | specie (once / 3053 pages) n WORD FAMILY specie USAGE EXAMPLESIf coffee, sugar and specie unlocked the doors of European and Asian markets for U.S. investors, slave ships were their key. Salon(Sep 27, 2015) In 1836, he issued a Specie Circular, requiring payment in coins by purchasers of public lands, sharply curtailing inflation. Washington Post(Jun 18, 2015) He tried to reduce the British supply of gold and specie and weaken its credit, so Britain could not subsidize continental warfare against the French. Time(Jun 18, 2015) n coins collectively Syn|Hypo|Hyper coinage, metal money, mintage coin a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money changecoins of small denomination regarded collectively bawbeean old Scottish coin of little value bezant, bezzant, byzant, solidusa gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages denierany of various former European coins of different denominations ducatformerly a gold coin of various European countries realan old small silver Spanish coin piece of eightan old silver Spanish coin; worth 8 reales shillingan English coin worth one twentieth of a pound crownan English coin worth 5 shillings half crownan English coin worth half a crown dimea United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar nickela United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar quartera United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar fifty-cent piece, half dollara United States coin worth half of a dollar ha'penny, halfpennyan English coin worth half a penny cent, centime, pennya coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit sluga counterfeit coin tenpencea decimal coin worth ten pennies tuppence, twopencea former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies threepenceformer cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom equal to three pennies fourpence, groata former English silver coin worth four pennies fivepencea coin worth five cents sixpence, tannera small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970 eightpencea coin worth eight pennies ninepencea coin worth nine pennies dollara United States coin worth one dollar double eaglea former gold coin in the United States worth 20 dollars eaglea former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars half eaglea former gold coin in United States worth 5 dollars guineaa former British gold coin worth 21 shillings farthinga former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny doubloona former Spanish gold coin louis d'ora former French gold coin medallionany of various large ancient Greek coins staterany of the various silver or gold coins of ancient Greece soua former French coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money Maundy moneyspecially minted silver coins that are distributed by the British sovereign on Maundy Thursday currency the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used |
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