specie
/ˈspiːʃiː/noun
mass noun
- money in the form of coins rather than notes硬币。
短语
in specie
1
- in coin用硬币。
2
- Law in the real, precise, or actual form specified【律】照原样的; 不折不扣的：
the plaintiff could not be sure of recovering his goods in specie.
原告不能确定能照原样拿回他的商品。
词源
mid 16th cent. (in sense 2)： from Latin, ablative of species 'form, kind', in the phrase in specie 'in the actual form'.