coin

¹ American  

[koin] / kɔɪn /

noun

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

2. a number of such pieces.

3. Informal. money; cash.

   He's got plenty of coin in the bank.

4. Architecture. quoin.

5. Archaic. a corner cupboard of the 18th century.

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adjective

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

   a coin laundry.

verb (used with object)

1. to make (coinage) by stamping metal.

   The mint is coining pennies.

2. to convert (metal) into coinage.

   The mint used to coin gold into dollars.

3. to make; invent; fabricate.

   to coin an expression.

4. Metalworking. to shape the surface of (metal) by squeezing between two dies.

verb (used without object)

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

idioms

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

2. 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.

3. coin money, to make or gain money rapidly.

   Those who own stock in that restaurant chain are coining money.

COIN ² American  

[koin] / kɔɪn /

noun

1. counterinsurgency.

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coin British  

/ kɔɪn /

noun

1. a metal disc or piece used as money

2. metal currency, as opposed to securities, paper currency, etc

3. architect a variant spelling of quoin

4. to treat a person in the way that he has treated others

5. the opposite view of a matter

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verb

1. (tr) to make or stamp (coins)

2. (tr) to make into a coin

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

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

5. said ironically after one uses a cliché

coin More Idioms  

More idioms and phrases containing coin

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

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Other Word Forms

• coinable adjective
• coiner noun
• miscoin verb
• recoin verb (used with object)

Etymology

Origin of coin¹

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

Origin of COIN²

co(unter) in(surgency)

Example Sentences

The Hello Kitty character first appeared on a coin purse in 1980 and has become a global marketing phenomenon.

From BBC

But it follows a steady surge in stablecoin value over the past year, helped by passage of the Genius Act, which is aimed at regulating these coins in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

"There was just crisis on every front… it's classic glass cliff," says Michelle Ryan, Director of the Global Institute for Women's Leadership and one of the researchers who coined the term.

From BBC

Robbie’s most deliciously debasing scene is when she throws coins on the ground for a desperate beggar — and then that person forces her to watch as he picks them up.

From Los Angeles Times

There are collectible coins and bars for those interested in tangible ownership.

From The Wall Street Journal