"bullion" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbʊl.jən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bullion.wav Forms: bullions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English bulloin, bullioun, from Anglo-Norman bullion, of obscure origin, perhaps from French bouillon, extending the sense to that of ‘melting’. Middle Dutch boelioen (“base metal”) seems to have come from the unrelated French billon. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bulloin}} Middle English bulloin, {{der|en|xno|bullion}} Anglo-Norman bullion, {{cog|fr|bouillon}} French bouillon, {{cog|dum|boelioen||base metal}} Middle Dutch boelioen (“base metal”), {{ncog|fr|billon}} French billon Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bullion (countable and uncountable, plural bullions)
  1. A bulk quantity of precious metal, usually gold or silver, assessed by weight and typically cast as ingots. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Gold, Money Translations (bulk quantity of precious metal): кюлче (kjulče) (Bulgarian), lingot [masculine] (Catalan), slitek [masculine] (Czech), cihla [feminine] (Czech), barre [common-gender] (Danish), guldbarre (english: gold bullion) [common-gender] (Danish), sølvbarre (english: silver bullion) [common-gender] (Danish), staaf (Dutch), goudstaaf (english: gold bullion) (Dutch), zilverstaaf (english: silver bullion) (Dutch), jalometalli (Finnish), sijoitusmetalli (Finnish), lingot [masculine] (French), Barren [masculine] (German), batangan (Indonesian), ingot (Indonesian), lingotto [masculine] (Italian), jongkong (Malay), barre [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), barre [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), شمش (šemš) (Persian), barra [feminine] (Portuguese), сли́ток (slítok) [masculine] (Russian), ingot (Serbo-Croatian), tejo [masculine] (Spanish), tejón [masculine] (Spanish), tacka [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bullion-en-noun-fFDrSZUm Disambiguation of Gold: 20 16 17 25 22 Disambiguation of Money: 15 32 3 24 26 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 11 15 7 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 18 4 29 36 Disambiguation of 'bulk quantity of precious metal': 91 1 2 2 3
  2. (obsolete) Base or uncurrent coin. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Gold, Money
    Sense id: en-bullion-en-noun-VFQuCteJ Disambiguation of Gold: 20 16 17 25 22 Disambiguation of Money: 15 32 3 24 26 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 11 15 7 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 18 4 29 36
  3. (obsolete) Showy metallic ornament, as of gold, silver, or copper, on bridles, saddles, etc. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Gold
    Sense id: en-bullion-en-noun-YIE6BnWx Disambiguation of Gold: 20 16 17 25 22
  4. (obsolete) A heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Gold, Money
    Sense id: en-bullion-en-noun-JEvTv3F1 Disambiguation of Gold: 20 16 17 25 22 Disambiguation of Money: 15 32 3 24 26 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 11 15 7 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 18 4 29 36
  5. (glassblowing) The mark left on a glass piece from its attachment to a punty. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Glassblowing, Gold, Money Synonyms: bullseye
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bullionaire, bullioned, bullionism, bullionist, bullionize, bullionless, doré bullion Related terms: billet, billon, bouillon (english: possibly related)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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