Specie [noun]
Definition of Specie:
currency accepted as exchange for goods, services
Synonyms of Specie:
● Salary
● Wage
● Wealth
● Pay
● Bill
● Cash
● Payment
● Fund
● Capital
● Property
● Check
● Wad
● Gold
● Dough
● Treasure
● Finances
● Gravy
● Funds
● Bankroll
● Coin
● Chips
● Silver
● Bread
● Riches
● Roll
● Loot
● Coinage
● Banknote
● Pesos
Sentence/Example of Specie:
Specie payments were suspended, and business was all but paralyzed.
There is three hundred pounds sent at present, mostly in specie.
It seems that they've had a deal of trouble to get the amount in specie.
For us to pay a foreigner with specie is like paying him with coffee.
This amount was remitted, in the twelve months preceding the war, in specie.
Cash is from the French caisse, the moneychest where specie was kept.
The returns for this trade are British merchandise, and specie.
No other one has any Norwegian money, or, at least, not more than a specie or two.
I repeat, then, that by the subtreasury the revenue is to be collected in specie.
All the banks have stopped payment in specie, and there is not a dollar to be had.