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bullion

noun/ˈbʊliən/

B2CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Gold or silver held in bulk as bars, often as a monetary reserve.

Anxious central banks quietly added to their bullion holdings as confidence in paper assets wavered.

Topic: Economics in Business English

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