bullion

bul·lion  (blyn)

n.

1.

a. Gold or silver considered with respect to quantity rather than value.

b. Gold or silver in the form of bars, ingots, or plates.

2. A heavy lace trimming made of twisted gold or silver threads.

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[Middle English, ingot of precious metal, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French billon (from bille, stick; see billon) and from Old French bouillon, bubble on the surface of boiling liquid (from boilir, to boil; see boil¹).]

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bullion [ˈbʊljən]

n

1. (Engineering / Metallurgy) gold or silver in mass

2. (Engineering / Metallurgy) gold or silver in the form of bars and ingots, suitable for further processing

3. (Engineering / Metallurgy) Also called bullion fringe a thick gold or silver wire or fringed cord used as a trimming, as on military uniforms

[C14 (in the sense: melted gold or silver): from Anglo-French: mint, probably from Old French bouillir to boil, from Latin bullīre]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bullion - a mass of precious metal             precious metal - any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry
	2.	bullion - gold or silver in bars or ingots block of metal, ingot, metal bar - metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling

Translations

bullion [ˈbʊljən] N → oro m/plata f en barras or en lingotes

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bullion [ˈbʊlɪən] n (gold) → or m en lingots; (silver) → argent m en lingots

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bullion

n no pl → Gold-/Silberbarren pl

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bullion [ˈbʊljən] n → oro (or argento) in lingotti

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bullion [ˈbʊljən] n → oro (or argento) in lingotti

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bullion

n bullion [ˈbuliən]

gold or silver in bulk, not made into coins. muntmetaal, ongemunte goud/silwer سَبيكَةٌ ذَهَبِيّ÷ أو فِضِّيَه злато/сребро на пръчки/кюлчета prut zlata/stříbra møntmetal ungemünztes Gold/Silber χρυσός ή ασήμι σε ράβδους oro/plata en barras kullakang, hõbedakang شمش kulta- tai hopeaharkko lingot מְטִיל सोना-चांदी zlato ili srebro u polugama rúdarany, -ezüst emas atau perak batangan lingotto 金塊 금(은)의 aukso/sidabro luitas zelta/sudraba stienis jongkong ongemunt goud, ongemunt zilver gull-/sølvbarre złoto/srebro w sztabach barras lingou слиток prút zlata / striebra zlato/srebro v palici poluga guld-, silvertacka แท่งเงินหรือทองจำนวนมาก külçe altın/gümüş 金銀條塊 золото (срібло) в зливках سونے چاندی کا ڈلا nén 条状金（银）银条，金块