specie

Definition

Type or kind, in various uses of the phrase in specie.

Etymology

Originally in the phrase in specie; from Latin speciē, ablative singular of species. Compare in kind.

Example Sentences

• "I received one month's pay in specie while on the march to Virginia, in the year 1781, and except that, I never received any pay worth the name while I belonged to the army."
• "‘It was not money or specie he thought himself hunting!’"
• "“Dick” Counterfly had absquatulated swiftly into the night, leaving his son with only a pocketful of specie and the tender admonition, “Got to ‘scram,’ kid — write if you get work.”"