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specialty

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noun/ˈspɛʃ.əl.ti//ˈspɛʃ.əl.ʈi//spɛˈʃæl.ʈi/
  1. 1

    That in which one specializes; a chosen expertise or talent; bailiwick.AustraliaCanadaUS

    • Near-synonym: discipline
    • medical specialty
  2. 2

    A product that originates in and is characteristic of a place.AustraliaCanadaUS

    • regional specialty
    • house specialty
  3. 3

    Particularity.AustraliaCanadaUS

    • The specialty of rule hath been neglected: And, look, how many Grecian tents do stand Hollow upon this plain, so many hollow factions.
  4. 4

    A particular or peculiar case.AustraliaCanadaUS

  5. 5

    An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.AustraliaCanadaUS

  6. 6

    A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified.AustraliaCanadaUS

    • 1812, Joseph Chitty, A Treatise on Pleading, with a Collection of Practical Precedents, and Notes Thereon, 2nd American edition, edited by Thomas Day, New York, Volume 2, section 456, note c, […] in a plea to an action of debt on specialty,

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