specialty

== English == === Alternative forms === speciality (UK) === Etymology === From Middle English specialte, Old French specialte, especialte, from Latin specialitas. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈspɛʃ.əl.ti/ (South Asia) IPA(key): /ˈspɛʃ.əl.ʈi/, /spɛˈʃæl.ʈi/ === Noun === specialty (plural specialties) (Canada, US, Australia) That in which one specializes; a chosen expertise or talent; bailiwick. Synonym: specialism Near-synonym: discipline medical specialty;   academic specialty A product that originates in and is characteristic of a place. regional specialty;   house specialty (obsolete) Particularity. A particular or peculiar case. An attribute or quality peculiar to a species. (law) A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified. 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,[2] […] in a plea to an action of debt on specialty, it is still necessary to show that the debt on which the judgment was recovered was a specialty, or to aver that the judgment was recovered before the defendant had notice of the plaintiff’s demand. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== specialist subspecialty subspecialist ==== Translations ====