What is "stannide"

n. (context inorganic chemistry English) Any binary compound of tin and a more electropositive element; the tin anion in such a compound

A stannide can refer to an intermetallic compound containing tin combined with one or more other metals; an anion consisting solely of tin atoms or a compound containing such an anion, or, in the field of organometallic chemistry an ionic compound containing an organotin anion (e.g.see an alternative name for such a compound is stannanide.)