Meaning of Bullion | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A bulk quantity of precious metal, usually gold or silver, assessed by weight and typically cast as ingots.
   countable, uncountable
2. A surname.
3. Base or uncurrent coin.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
4. Showy metallic ornament, as of gold, silver, or copper, on bridles, saddles, etc.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
5. A heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
6. The mark left on a glass piece from its attachment to a punty.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“If the mint kept back one per cent, to pay⟳ the expense of coinage, it would be against the interest⟳ of the holders of bullion to have⟳ it coined, until the coin was more valuable than the bullion by at least that fraction.”

“And those which eld's strict doom did disallow, / And damn for bullion, go for current now.”

“To beholde how it was garnysshyd and bounde, […] The claspis and bullyons were worth a thousande pounde; […]”

“The hair was plaited with bullion and red riband, and then wound round the head, something after the fashion of a turban, save⟳ that it entirely displayed the forehead.”

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