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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Example Sentences

Congress has several expressed powers related to money, including the power to tax, the power to borrow, the power to establish laws on bankruptcy, and the power to coin money.

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

Congress could declare war, enter into treaties, and coin money.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

The only thing, therefore, that we need to look at, is simply the power of congress "to coin money."

From A Letter to Grover Cleveland On His False Inaugural Address, The Usurpations and Crimes of Lawmakers and Judges, and the Consequent Poverty, Ignorance, and Servitude Of The People by Spooner, Lysander