coined

[ koind ]

adjective

1. (of a word, expression, etc.) invented or made up:

   A coined word, such as Xerox, is one of the most easily protected categories of trademark.

2. relating to or being money made by stamping metal; minted:

   Our government founders were determined that the coined value of our gold and silver money should correspond with the market value of the bullion contained.

3. (of metal) made into coinage by stamping:

   The floor of the vault was buried in coined gold and silver that had burst from the sacks it was originally stored in.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of coin ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·coined adjective
• well-coined adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of coined¹

coin ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

The Georgia Birds and the Michigan Felines were playing a game in which a fair coin was flipped 101 times.

From FiveThirtyEight

For the S&P 500, if you’re buying and selling the market on a one-day basis, your chance of making money is a little bit better than a coin flip.

From Fortune

For some, Blackfishing brings to mind blackface, a term first coined in the 1830s in New York.

From TruthBeTold.news

In school, probability lessons often begin with flipping lots of imaginary coins.

From Quanta Magazine

Suppose you wanted to simulate a fair coin in at most three flips.

From FiveThirtyEight

Apparently, Shakespeare coined 1,700 words, from the frequently used (excitement) to the should-be-more frequently used (spewed).

From The Daily Beast

Michael Lewis, who coined the term and penned the 2003 bestselling book of that name.

From The Daily Beast

Ronald Reagan famously coined the phrase, “Are you better off now then you were four years ago?”

From The Daily Beast

The term “lobbyist” supposedly was coined during the well-corrupted (and well-soaked) presidency of Ulysses S. Grant.

From The Daily Beast

Yet to Krauthammer, who coined the term “Reagan Doctrine,” the Gipper was what a president is supposed to be.

From The Daily Beast

Isabel told him politely never to ride out without using the telephone first, and had her excuses already coined.

From Project Gutenberg

Thence came gold and silver to be coined in all the mints, and curiously wrought in all the jewellers' shops, of Europe and Asia.

From Project Gutenberg

Ede was the type after which some department store advertising-department diplomat had coined the term "stylish stout."

From Project Gutenberg

Her most striking expressions are her own—newly coined, not taken from the vocabulary in usage.

From Project Gutenberg

The Count of Plouernel coined money like the other feudal seigneurs, and, like them, he minted it to his liking.

From Project Gutenberg