English-Thai Dictionary

bullion

N ทอง แท่ง  เงิน แท่ง  tong-taeng

 

bullion

N แท่ง เงิน หรือ ทอง จำนวนมาก  taeng-ngen-rue-tong-jam-nuan-mak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BULLION

n.Uncoined gold or silver in the mass. The precious metals are called bullion, when smelted and not perfectly refined, or when refined, but in bars, ingots, or in any form uncoined, as in plate.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BULLION

Bul "lion, n. Etym: [Cf. OE. bullyon a hook used for fastening the dress, a button, stud, an embossed ornament of various kinds, e.g., on the cover of a book, on bridles or poitrels, for purses, for breeches and doublets, LL. bullio the swelling of boiling water, a mass of gold or silver, fr. L. bulla boss, stud, bubble (see Bull an edict ), or perh. corrupted fr. billon base coin, LL. billio bullion. Cf. Billon, Billet a stick. ]

 

1. Uncoined gold or silver in the mass.

 

Note: Properly, the precious metals are called bullion, when smelted and not perfectly refined, or when refined, but in bars, ingots or in any form uncoined, as in plate. The word is often often used to denote gold and silver, both coined and uncoined, when reckoned by weight and in mass, including especially foreign, or uncurrent, coin.

 

2. Base or uncurrent coin. [Obs. ] And those which eld's strict doom did disallow, And damm for bullion, go for current now. Sylvester.

 

3. Showy metallic ornament, as of gold, silver, or copper, on bridles, saddles, etc. [Obs. ] The clasps and bullions were worth a thousand pound. Skelton.

 

4. Heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent.

 

BULLIONIST

BULLIONIST Bul "lion *ist, n.

 

Defn: An advocate for a metallic currency, or a paper currency always convertible into gold.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bullion

bul lion |ˈbo͝olyən ˈbʊliən | ▶noun 1 gold or silver in bulk before coining, or valued by weight. 2 (also bullion fringe ) ornamental braid or trimming made with twists of gold or silver thread. ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, in the sense ‘a mint, ’ variant of Old French bouillon, based on Latin bullire ‘to boil. ’

 

bullion knot

bul lion knot ▶noun a decorative stitch in embroidery made by winding the thread several times around the needle before sewing a backstitch.

 

Oxford Dictionary

bullion

bul |lion |ˈbʊlj (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 gold or silver in bulk before coining, or valued by weight. 2 ornamental braid or fringing made with twists of gold or silver thread. ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, in the sense ‘a mint ’, variant of Old French bouillon, based on Latin bullire ‘to boil ’.

 

bullion knot

bul |lion knot ▶noun a decorative stitch in embroidery made by winding the thread several times round the needle before sewing a backstitch.

 

Duden Dictionary

Bullion

Bul lion Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈbʊljən |das Bullion; Genitiv: des Bullions, Plural: die Bullions englisch ungeprägtes Gold oder Silber; Pro-forma-Zahlungsmittel

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

bullion

bul lion /bʊ́liən /名詞 U 1 金 [銀 ]の延べ棒 .2 金 [銀 ]塊 .3 金 [銀 ]モール (bullion fringe ).B -́ St à te 〖the ～〗金塊州 〘米国Missouri州の愛称 〙.