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

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

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

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

A State shall not coin money, nor make anything but gold and silver coin a legal tender in payment of debts.

From The New Irish Constitution by Morgan, J. H.