coin
noun
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
coins
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pluralof coin.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof coin (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
coinnouna piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
Example Sentences
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Slang terms breaking out of the community that coins them isn't unprecedented.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
The coins served as collateral the hackers used to borrow almost 20,000 ether, worth about $44.6 million at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
With grilled chicken and sweet potato coins glossed with maple syrup and orange zest.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
They said they paid $2,146,958.22 for gold coins worth roughly $1,360,925.00, “without any notion that in a matter of just two weeks” their retirement accounts had been sapped of more than $780,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
The coins were of different sizes; how much were they were worth?
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
