bullion meaning

bullion as a noun

1. a mass of precious metal

   Type of: precious metal

2. gold or silver in bars or ingots

   Type of: ingot

bullion in a sentence

• The vault was filled to the brim with gold bullion bars.
• The dragon slept on a mountain of bullion.
• Each bar of bullion was stamped with its weight, purity, and serial number.
• The museum displayed historic bullion recovered from a sunken Spanish galleon.
• Rainer inherited a small stack of gold bullion from his grandfather instead of cash.

How to pronounce bullion

bullion is pronounced /ˈbʊljən/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.