bullion
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- noun
- /ˈbʊljən/
- Specialized
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lingote
- I would see people spend their money with good bullion dealers rather than the stock market casino.
- silver bullion
He had money buried cash and actual gold and bullion and, and, and silver.
- He had money buried cash and actual gold and bullion and, and, and silver.
Examples
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After analyzing the market, he invested in silver bullion for its stability.
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The investors decided to purchase gold bullion to diversify their portfolio.
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Looks like a large amount of gold bullion was delivered two days ago.
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Before, they would have used silver or gold, and the bullion would flow.
Blog text (18) -
Silver has been taken down by naked short selling of the bullion banks.
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The robbers made off with millions in gold and silver bullion.
Fiction book (1992) -
The consistent annual growth in demand for physical gold bullion has increasingly puzzled us with regard to supply.
Blog text (2) -
The government may decide to seize Americans' gold bullion as it did in 1907 and 1923.
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I want the sum of 100 million dollars, in gold bullion, deposited in our account in Buenos Aires.
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His POV - Inside the grotto, a vast fortune in gold and silver bullion, undisturbed in all these years.
Fiction book (1992)
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Etymology
The word bullion comes from an old word meaning 'boiling' — the same root you see in the English word boil. Metal was heated and melted like a boiling liquid before being poured into bars, so bullion now means gold or silver in bulk form, usually as bars valued by weight.