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gold bar

 
 
noun [C] (also gold brick) FINANCE

Definition

a block of gold that can be traded on a gold market and is used by people and banks as a way of investing money: Private individuals, worried by a turbulent economic climate, have once again started to invest in gold bars.
(Definition of gold bar noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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