coin money

Idioms  

1. Also, mint money. Make a great deal of money easily or very quickly. For example, With a monopoly on the market he could coin money, or These highly motivated realtors just about enable the agency to mint money. This hyperbolic expression dates from the mid-1800s.

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coin money

More specifically, Article I, Section 8, empowers Congress to establish a post office, build roads, regulate commerce, coin money, and regulate the value of money.

From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021

Nor can a State print or coin money or deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016

And then the Constitution requires Congress “To coin money, regulate the value thereof.”

From Forbes ● Jun. 30, 2014

A decade ago, Corinthian Colleges was a Wall Street darling — a company that seemed to be able to coin money from the federal government and from desperate students.

From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2014

From the time of Charlemagne it was under the rule of its bishops, who had the title of prince and the right to coin money, until 1185, when it became a free republic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various