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Meaning of "bullion" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BULLION

(Melted gold or silver): from Anglo-French: mint, probably from Old French bouillir to boil, from Latin bullīre.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BULLION

bullion  [ˈbʊljən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BULLION

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preposition
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determiner
exclamation
Bullion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BULLION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Bullion

Bullion traditionally stands for gold bars, silver bars, other precious metals bars or ingots. The word bullion reportedly originates from Claude de Bullion, who was a French aristocrat and politician who served as a Minister of Finance under Louis XIII from 1632 to 1640. An alternate theory suggests that it comes from the old French word bouillon, which meant "boiling" and was the term for a mint or melting house. In recent years, the term bullion has also been used to describe ingots or bars of base metals such as copper, nickel, or aluminum.

Definition of bullion in the English dictionary

The first definition of bullion in the dictionary is gold or silver in mass. Other definition of bullion is gold or silver in the form of bars and ingots, suitable for further processing. Bullion is also Also called: bullion fringe. a thick gold or silver wire or fringed cord used as a trimming, as on military uniforms.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BULLION


alien
ˈeɪljən
battalion
bəˈtæljən
billion
ˈbɪljən
Brazilian
brəˈzɪljən
carillon
kəˈrɪljən
carnelian
kɑːˈniːljən
civilian
sɪˈvɪljən
Italian
ɪˈtæljən
Julian
ˈdʒuːljən
medallion
mɪˈdæljən
million
ˈmɪljən
multimillion
ˈmʌltɪˈmɪljən
pavilion
pəˈvɪljən
rebellion
rɪˈbɛljən
rumbullion
rʌmˈbʊljən
stallion
ˈstæljən
trillion
ˈtrɪljən
vermilion
vəˈmɪljən
vermillion
vəˈmɪljən
zillion
ˈzɪljən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BULLION

bullfinch
bullfrog
bullgine
bullhead
bullhead rail
bullheadedly
bullheadedness
bullhorn
bullied
bullies
bullion fringe
bullionist
bullish
bullishly
bullishness
bullneck
bullnose
bullock
bullock cart
bullock´s heart

WORDS THAT END LIKE BULLION

Champollion
cotillion
gazillion
gillion
gone a million
hallion
hellion
jillion
lion
mullion
multibillion
parts per million
pillion
postillion
quintillion
rapscallion
rullion
scallion
the Great Rebellion
the Jacobite Rebellion
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Synonyms and antonyms of bullion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bullion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BULLION

Find out the translation of bullion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bullion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bullion» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

金条
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

oro {or} plata en lingotes
570 millions of speakers

English

bullion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बुलियन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السبائك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слитках
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ouro ou prata em barras
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জরির ঝালর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lingot
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bullion
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Barren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

金塊
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

금괴
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bullion
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vàng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सराफा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

külçe
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

oro {or} argento in lingotti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

złota
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

злитках
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lingouri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολύτιμων μετάλλων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goud
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ädelmetaller
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bullion
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bullion

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BULLION»

The term «bullion» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.961 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BULLION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bullion» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bullion» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bullion

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BULLION»

Discover the use of bullion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bullion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ricardo's High Price of Bullion Including, An Essay on Profits
Friend to, colleague of, and influence on the likes of James Mill, Jeremy Bentham, and Thomas Malthus, revolutionary British writer DAVID RICARDO (1772-1823) was one of the foundational thinkers of classical economics, developing theories ...
David Ricardo, 2006
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John Bullion's Empire: Britain's Gold Problem and India ...
This is a study of the impact of Britain's economic and financial cities on currency and monetary policy-making in India between the wars.
G. Balachandran, 1996
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Considerations on Commerce, Bullion & Coin, Circulation, and ...
Of the Price of Bullion. i. From considerations) with regard to the course of the exchanges, the transition is easy to the prices of bullion ; because they are very intimately connected : Under the sane state of trade, the course of exchange, the  ...
George Chalmers, 1811
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2012 U.S. Coin Digest: Bullion Coinage
This easy-to-search pricing and identification download is solely focused on U.S bullion coins.
David C. Harper, 2011
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Bullion for Goods: European and Indian Merchants in the ...
Another important area explored at some length is the monetary history of the subcontinent in the early modern period. This collection of essays will be of interest of the historians of India and of the Indian Ocean.
Om Prakash, 2004
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Bullion Stitch Embroidery: From Roses to Wild Flowers
Provides instructions for embroidering roses, Australian wildflowers, and other flowers with the bullion stitch, and suggests a variety of projects using the stitch
Jenny Bradford, 1991
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Gold Stocks VS Gold Bullion - Which is the Best Investment ...
Gold Stocks vs Gold Bullion two different investments by NickBarisheff Many investors believe their portfolios have exposure to gold and precious metals because they hold stocks in mining companies. Bullion and mining stocks should be ...
Resource World Magazine Inc.
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Fort Knox Bullion Depository (eBook)
(Bullion is gold or silver in the form of bars or sometimes coins.) The other four sites are the Philadelphia Mint, the Denver Mint, the West Point Bullion Depository and the San Francisco Assay Office. All of these places are part of the United ...
Julia Hargrove, 2003
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Bullion
During the next three weeks the price of gold bullion continued to rise but press reports were still confined to the financial pages. It was only when the price broke through the $500 barrier, on 27 December, that gold hit the front pages. By the ...
John Goldsmith, Donald R. Bernard, 2001
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Geology and Mineral Deposits of the Minnie Moore and Bullion ...
The Bullion mineralized area (fig. 3) is underlain by the lower and middle members of the Pennsylvanian and Permian Dollarhide Formation, which are folded into upright and west- overturned map scale folds (fig. 3, section D-D'). This is one ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BULLION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bullion is used in the context of the following news items.
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London loses golden touch as China's build-up of bullion continues …
London, the traditional home/hub of the world's gold trade, could be slowly losing its grip on power as more and more of the world's physical ... «Platts, Jul 15»
2
Gold Bullion International Announces New Service for 40 Act Funds
NEW YORK, July 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Gold Bullion International (GBI: www.bullioninternational.com) today announced the "40 Act Precious Metals Program ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
3
Gold and Silver Snap Losing Streaks; US Bullion Sales Rise
Gold futures settled higher in their start to the new trading week on Monday, snapping a three-session losing streak, while silver advanced for ... «CoinNews.net, Jul 15»
4
Blue Ridge Parkway Silver Bullion Coin Sales to Resume, 2014 …
According to Lateefah Simms of the U.S. Mint's Office of Corporate Communications, sales of the 2015 America the Beautiful Quarters Blue ... «CoinWeek, Jul 15»
5
Listen to Rye Rye's brand new 'Keep Up', produced by Bullion
Then my manager, who knows the producer Bullion, told me it was by him and that he must have sent it to me ages ago! Anyway, I called ... «The 405, Jul 15»
6
Watch Bullion Banks Drive Gold Bulls
I expect the bullion banks to drive gold to draw in a few more bulls, trapping the longs. Spot Gold. Watch Bullion Banks Drive Gold Bulls. «Investing.com, Jul 15»
7
Dillon Gage's IDS of Canada Launches Digital Registered Savings …
In 2007, Questrade was the first brokerage in Canada to provide its clients with the ability to purchase gold bullion within their RSPs. According ... «SYS-CON Media, Jul 15»
8
Listen: Rye Rye x Bullion - 'Keep Up'
Then my manager, who knows the producer Bullion, told me it was by him and that he must have sent it to me ages ago! Anyway, I called Bullion up and said I ... «Clash Magazine, Jul 15»
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'DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS': Lone Star State wants its gold bullion
The Lone Star State is alone among the states in keeping a sizable about of money in gold deposits — not futures or other investment postitions ... «BizPac Review, Jul 15»
10
In Bullion Depository, Supporters See Golden Opportunity
When Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill last month to create the state's own bullion depository, he prompted national speculation that the state was ... «Texas Tribune, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Bullion [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bullion>. Apr 2024 ».
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