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specie

Main Entry:: ¹spe·cie
Pronunciation:: \ˈspē-shē, -sē\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: from in specie, from Latin, in kind
Date:: 1617

: money in coin

— in specie

: in the same or like form or kind <ready to return insult in specie> ; also : in coin

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