Definitions for specie

specie spe·cie

Spelling: [spee-shee, -see]
IPA: /ˈspi ʃi, -si/

Specie is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 86 anagrams from letters in specie (ceeips).

Definitions for specie

noun

  1. coined money; coin.
  2. species.

Idioms

  1. in specie, in the same kind. (of money) in coin. in a similar manner; in kind: Law. in the identical shape, form, etc., as specified.

Origin of specie

1545-55; Latin (in) speciē (in) kind; see species

Examples for specie

I repeat, then, that by the subtreasury the revenue is to be collected in specie.

Cash is from the French caisse, the moneychest where specie was kept.

specie payments were suspended, and business was all but paralyzed.

All the banks have stopped payment in specie, and there is not a dollar to be had.

It seems that they've had a deal of trouble to get the amount in specie.

The returns for this trade are British merchandise, and specie.

This amount was remitted, in the twelve months preceding the war, in specie.

There is three hundred pounds sent at present, mostly in specie.

No other one has any Norwegian money, or, at least, not more than a specie or two.

For us to pay a foreigner with specie is like paying him with coffee.

Word Value for specie
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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