Specialty

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /ˈspɛʃəlti/

Alternative forms

• speciality British
  Commonwealth spelling

Origin

From special + -ty or specialize + -ty; compare specialize, specialise.

Full definition of specialty

Noun

1. That in which one specializes; a chosen expertise or talent.They cook well overall, but their true specialty is pasta.
• Charles Kingsley:Men of boundless knowledge, like Humbold, must have had once their specialty, their pet subject.
2. (obsolete) particularity
• Shakespeare:Specialty of rule hath been neglected.
3. A particular or peculiar case.
4. An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.
5. (legal) A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified.
• Shakespeare:Let specialties be therefore drawn between us.

Related terms

• specialist
• subspecialty
• subspecialist