specialties

Noun

specialty (plural specialties)

1. (Australia, Canada, US) That in which one specializes; a chosen expertise or talent; bailiwick.
   • Near-synonym: discipline

   Synonyms:

   specialism, department

2. (Australia, Canada, US) A product that originates in and is characteristic of a place.
   • regional specialty
3. (Australia, Canada, US, obsolete) Particularity.
   • The specialty of rule hath been neglected:
     And, look, how many Grecian tents do stand
     Hollow upon this plain, so many hollow factions.c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
4. (Australia, Canada, US) A particular or peculiar case.
5. (Australia, Canada, US) An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.
6. (Australia, Canada, US) A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified.
   • Let specialties be therefore drawne betweene vs,
     That couenants may be kept on either hand.c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...