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bullion

bul·lion

UK/ˈbʊl.jən/ US/ˈbʊljʌn/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.
2.

gold or silver in bars or ingots

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • doré bullion
  • gold bullion

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