coin

[ koin ]

/ kɔɪn /

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noun

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

a number of such pieces.

Informal. money; cash: He's got plenty of coin in the bank.

Architecture. quoin (defs. 1, 2).

Archaic. a corner cupboard of the 18th century.

adjective

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

verb (used with object)

to make (coinage) by stamping metal: The mint is coining pennies.

to convert (metal) into coinage: The mint used to coin gold into dollars.

to make; invent; fabricate: to coin an expression.

Metalworking. to shape the surface of (metal) by squeezing between two dies.Compare emboss (def. 3).

verb (used without object)

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

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Idioms about coin

coin money, Informal. to make or gain money rapidly: Those who own stock in that restaurant chain are coining money.

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.

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

Origin of coin

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

OTHER WORDS FROM coin

coin·a·ble, adjectivecoin·er, nounmis·coin, verbre·coin, verb (used with object)

Words nearby coin

coign of vantage, coil, coil spring, Coimbatore, Coimbra, coin, coinage, coinage bronze, coin box, coin changer, coincide

Other definitions for coin (2 of 2)

COIN

[ koin ]

/ kɔɪn /

noun, adjective

counterinsurgency.

Origin of COIN

co(unter)in(surgency)

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How to use coin in a sentence

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Soon after, officials at the Energy Department began to coin new terms for American LNG, calling it “freedom gas” and “molecules of freedom” as they sought to market it around the world.
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For central banks, including the Federal Reserve, a purely digital currency—one not linked to coins or paper bills—would represent a step beyond the existing system of electronic money transfer.
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The soldiers so frequently threw away copper coin given them in change as valueless, that many natives discontinued to offer it.
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And putting his hand in his pocket, he drew out a golden coin, and slipped it into Donald's hand.
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British Dictionary definitions for coin

coin

/ (kɔɪn) /

noun

a metal disc or piece used as money

metal currency, as opposed to securities, paper currency, etcRelated adjective: nummary

architect a variant spelling of quoin

pay a person back in his own coin to treat a person in the way that he has treated others

the other side of the coin the opposite view of a matter

verb

(tr) to make or stamp (coins)

(tr) to make into a coin

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

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

to coin a phrase said ironically after one uses a cliché

Derived forms of coin

coinable, adjectivecoiner, noun

Word Origin for coin

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

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coin money

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

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