coin

¹

[koin]

noun

1. a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.

2. a number of such pieces.

3. Informal.,  money; cash.

   He's got plenty of coin in the bank.

4. Architecture.,  quoin.

5. Archaic.,  a corner cupboard of the 18th century.

adjective

1. operated by, or containing machines operated by, inserting a coin or coins into a slot.

   a coin laundry.

verb (used with object)

1. to make (coinage) by stamping metal.

   The mint is coining pennies.

2. to convert (metal) into coinage.

   The mint used to coin gold into dollars.

3. to make; invent; fabricate.

   to coin an expression.

4. Metalworking.,  to shape the surface of (metal) by squeezing between two dies.

verb (used without object)

1. British Informal.,  to counterfeit, especially to make counterfeit money.

COIN

²

[koin]

noun

1. counterinsurgency.

coin

/ kɔɪn /

noun

1. a metal disc or piece used as money

2. metal currency, as opposed to securities, paper currency, etc

3. architect a variant spelling of quoin

4. to treat a person in the way that he has treated others

5. the opposite view of a matter

verb

1. (tr) to make or stamp (coins)

2. (tr) to make into a coin

3. (tr) to fabricate or invent (words, etc)

4. informal,  (tr) to make (money) rapidly (esp in the phrase coin it in )

5. said ironically after one uses a cliché

Other Word Forms

• coinable adjective
• coiner noun
• miscoin verb
• recoin verb (used with object)

Word History and Origins

Origin of coin¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English coyn(e), coygne, from Anglo-French; Middle French coin, cuigne “wedge, corner, die,” from Latin cuneus “wedge”

Origin of coin²

co(unter) in(surgency)

Word History and Origins

Origin of coin¹

C14: from Old French: stamping die, from Latin cuneus wedge

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. the other side of the coin, the other side, aspect, or point of view; alternative consideration.

2. pay someone back in his / her own coin, to reciprocate or behave toward in a like way, especially inamicably; retaliate.

   If they persist in teasing you, pay them back in their own coin.

3. coin money, to make or gain money rapidly.

   Those who own stock in that restaurant chain are coining money.

More idioms and phrases containing coin

• other side of the coin
• pay back (in someone's own coin)

Example Sentences

Sociologist Amy Binder coined the term “career funneling” a decade ago to describe how schools tend to lead students down particular career paths.

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On Friday, market-implied probabilities viewed the prospect of a cut as a coin flip.

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Traders now see next month’s decision as a coin flip, after pricing in odds of a quarter point reduction at around 95% as recently as mid-October, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch.

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The 37-year-old singer released “Eusexua” in January as both the namesake of her record and a term she coined to describe a transcendent state of being.

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Market-based expectations that the central bank would lower interest rates in December for the third time this year briefly fell below 50% on Thursday, before recovering to a coin toss, according to CME Group data.

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