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specialty 音标拼音: [sp'ɛʃəlti] [sp'eʃəlti] n. = psecialityspecialty n 1: an asset of special worth or utility; " cooking is his forte" [ synonym: { forte}, { strong suit}, { long suit}, { metier}, { specialty}, { speciality}, { strong point}, { strength}] [ ant: { weak point}] 2: a distinguishing trait [ synonym: { peculiarity}, { specialness}, { specialty}, { speciality}, { distinctiveness}] 3: the special line of work you have adopted as your career; " his specialization is gastroenterology" [ synonym: { specialization}, { specialisation}, { specialty}, { speciality}, { specialism}] Specialty \ Spe" cial* ty\, n.; pl. { Specialties}. [ F. sp[' e] cialit[' e]. Cf. { Speciality}.] 1. Particularity. [ 1913 Webster] Specialty of rule hath been neglected. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A particular or peculiar case. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Law) A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified. -- Chitty. -- Bouvier. -- Wharton ( Law Dict.). [ 1913 Webster] Let specialties be therefore drawn between us. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. That for which a person is distinguished, in which he is specially versed, or which he makes an object of special attention; a speciality. [ 1913 Webster] Men of boundless knowledge, like Humbold, must have had once their specialty, their pet subject. -- C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster] 170 Moby Thesaurus words for " specialty": academic discipline, academic specialty, adjunct, applied science, appurtenance, area, arena, aroma, arrangement, art, aspect, attribute, badge, bond, brand, business, cachet, calling, career, career building, careerism, cast, character, characteristic, circumstance, classical education, component, concern, configuration, constituent, contents, contract by deed, contract of record, contract quasi, core curriculum, course, course of study, covenant of indemnity, craft, curriculum, cut, debenture, debenture bond, deed, deed of trust, deed poll, definiteness, department of knowledge, detail, differentia, differential, discipline, distinctive feature, domain, earmark, elective, element, factor, feature, field, field of inquiry, field of study, figure, fixings, flavor, formal contract, game, general education, general studies, group policy, gust, hallmark, handicraft, humanities, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, implied contract, impress, impression, indent, indenture, index, individualism, ingredient, insurance policy, integrant, item, keynote, liberal arts, lifework, line, line of business, line of work, lineaments, major, makings, mannerism, mark, marking, metier, minor, mission, mold, mortgage deed, mystery, natural science, nature, number, occupation, odor, ology, parol contract, part, part and parcel, particularity, peculiarity, policy, practice, profession, promissory note, property, proseminar, province, pure science, pursuit, quadrivium, quality, quirk, racket, recognizance, refresher course, savor, science, scientific education, seal, seminar, shape, singularity, smack, social science, special case, special contract, speciality, specialization, specialness, specialty contract, specificality, specificness, sphere, stamp, study, subdiscipline, subject, taint, tang, taste, technical education, technicology, technics, technology, title deed, token, trade, trait, trick, trivium, vocation, walk, walk of life, workSPECIALTY, contracts. A writing sealed and delivered, containing some agreement. 2 Serg. & Rawle, 503; 1 Binn. Rep. 261; Willes, 189; 1 P. Wms. 130. In a more confined meaning, it signifies a writing sealed and delivered, which is given as a security for the payment of a debt, in which such debt is particularly specified. Bac. Ab. Obligation, A. 2. Although in the body of the writing it is not said, that the parties have set their hands and seals, yet if the instrument be really sealed it is a specialty, and if it be not sealed, it is not a specialty, although the parties in the body of the writing make mention of a seal. 2 Serg. & Rawle, 504; 2 Rep. 5 a; Perk. Sec. 129. Vide Bond; Debt; Obligation. |
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