bullion

UK: /ˈbʊlɪən/ US: /ˈbʊljən/ ,(bŏŏl′yən)

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bul•lion /ˈbʊlyən/   n. [uncountable]

1. Metallurgy gold or silver in the form of bars or ingots.

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bul•lion  (bŏŏl′yən), n. 

1. gold or silver considered in mass rather than in value.
2. Metallurgy gold or silver in the form of bars or ingots.
3. Clothing Also called bul′lion fringe′. a thick trimming of cord covered with gold or silver thread, for decorating uniforms.
4. Clothing embroidery or lace worked with gold wire or gold or silver cords.

• Anglo-French bullion mint), literally, a boiling, equivalent. to bull(īre) to bubble, boil¹ + -iōn- -ion
• Anglo-Latin bulliōn- (stem of bulliō) in same sense (
• Middle English: melted mass of gold or silver 1300–50

bul′lion•less, adj. 

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bullion / ˈbʊljən/ noun

1. gold or silver in mass
2. gold or silver in the form of bars and ingots, suitable for further processing

Etymology: 14th Century (in the sense: melted gold or silver): from Anglo-French: mint, probably from Old French bouillir to boil, from Latin bullīre