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

Furthermore, while the Articles of Confederation had given the national government the power to coin money, they had not prohibited the states from doing so as well.

From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021

The states maintained the right to govern their residents, while the national government could declare war, coin money, and conduct foreign affairs but little else.

From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021

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

The power to "coin money" is, in my judgment, inconsistent with and repugnant to the existence of a power to make anything but coin a legal tender.

From Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud