bullion
noun/ˈbʊliən/
/ˈbʊliən/
[uncountable]- gold or silver in large amounts or in the form of bars
- gold bullion
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBullion is used after these nouns:- gold
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French, in the sense ‘a mint’, variant of Old French bouillon, based on Latin bullire ‘to boil’.Want to learn more?
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