bullion
/ˈbʊl.jən/ nom C1En français : lingot
- A bulk quantity of precious metal, usually gold or silver, assessed by weight and typically cast as ingots.
- The mark left on a glass piece from its attachment to a punty.
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Dans la bibliothèque
Our reserve of bullion is much larger at present than is usually kept in a single branch office, and the directors have had misgivings upon the subject.”
But it was essential that they should use it soon, as it might be discovered, or the bullion might be removed.
It was that of a man, from five to eight-and-thirty, in the uniform of a general officer, wearing the double epaulet of heavy bullion, that indicates superior rank, the ribbon of the Legion of Honor around his neck, which showed he was a commander, and on the right breast, the star of a grand officer of the order of the Saviour, and on the left that of the grand cross of Charles III., which proved that the person represented by the picture had served in the wars of Greece and Spain, or, what was just the same thing as regarded decorations, had fulfilled some diplomatic mission in the two countries.
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