in specie
Meanings
adv
- In respect to kind
- In the actual form, especially in the context of a distribution of assets or a loan repayment.
- In coin or monetary metal, in contrast to fiat currency or other paper.
Word forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin in + specie, ablative singular form of species (“kind, form; type”).
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