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mint

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noun
  1. a place where coins, paper currency, special medals, etc., are produced under government authority.
  2. a place where something is produced or manufactured
  3. a vast amount, especially of money: He made a mint in oil wells.
adjective
  1. Philately. (of a stamp) being in its original, unused condition.
  2. unused or appearing to be newly made and never used: a book in mint condition.
verb (used with object)
  1. to make (coins, money, etc.) by stamping metal.
  2. to turn (metal) into coins: to mint gold into sovereigns.
  3. to make or fabricate; invent: to mint words.

Origin of mint

2
before 900; Middle English mynt, Old English mynet coin < Latin monēta coin, mint, after the temple of Juno Monēta, where Roman money was coined
Related formsmint·er, noun

mint

3
[mint]Scot. and North England
noun
  1. intent; purpose.
  2. an attempt; try; effort.
verb (used with object)
  1. to try (something); attempt.
  2. to take aim at (something) with a gun.
  3. to hit or strike at (someone or something).
verb (used without object)
  1. to try; attempt.
  2. to take aim.

Origin of mint

3
before 900; (v.) Middle English minten, Old English (ge)myntan to intend; akin to mind; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.
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Related Words for minted

fashion, provide, cast, fabricate, issue, make, punch, construct, forge, devise, produce, invent, strike, mold, stamp, monetize

Examples from the Web for minted

Contemporary Examples of minted

Historical Examples of minted

  • No harm to you if you make a failure; loads of minted money if you make a hit.

    Despair's Last Journey

    David Christie Murray

  • In the land of "El Dorado" the sands of the rivers can be coined into minted money.

    Sea-Dogs All!

    Tom Bevan

  • The bulk of the coins were Danish, minted by Danish kings of Northumbria.

  • It is improbable that coins of this type were minted after the sixth century.

    The Heroic Age

    H. Munro Chadwick

  • Every dollar of it is minted with women's tears and children's cries of hunger.

British Dictionary definitions for minted

minted

adjective
  1. British slang wealthy

mint

1
noun
  1. any N temperate plant of the genus Mentha, having aromatic leaves and spikes of small typically mauve flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates). The leaves of some species are used for seasoning and flavouringSee also peppermint, spearmint, horsemint, water mint
  2. stone mint another name for dittany (def. 2)
  3. a sweet flavoured with mint
Derived Formsminty, adjective

Word Origin for mint

Old English minte, from Latin mentha, from Greek minthē; compare Old High German minza

mint

2
noun
  1. a place where money is coined by governmental authority
  2. a very large amount of moneyhe made a mint in business
adjective
  1. (of coins, postage stamps, etc) in perfect condition as issued
  2. British informal excellent; impressive
  3. in mint condition in perfect condition; as if new
verb
  1. to make (coins) by stamping metal
  2. (tr) to invent (esp phrases or words)
Derived Formsminter, noun

Word Origin for mint

Old English mynet coin, from Latin monēta money, mint, from the temple of Juno Monēta, used as a mint in ancient Rome
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Word Origin and History for minted

mint

n.1

aromatic herb, Old English minte (8c.), from West Germanic *minta (cf. Old Saxon minta, M.D. mente, Old High German minza, German Minze), a borrowing from Latin menta, mentha "mint," from Greek minthe, personified as a nymph transformed into an herb by Proserpine, probably a loan-word from a lost Mediterranean language.

mint

n.2

place where money is coined, early 15c., from Old English mynet "coin, coinage, money" (8c.), from West Germanic *munita (cf. Old Saxon munita, Old Frisian menote, Middle Dutch munte, Old High German munizza, German münze), from Latin moneta "mint" (see money). Earlier word for "place where money is coined" was minter (early 12c.). General sense of "a vast sum of money" is from 1650s.

mint

v.

"to stamp metal to make coins," 1540s, from mint (n.2). Related: Minted; minting. Minter "one who stamps coins to create money" is from early 12c.

mint

adj.

"perfect" (like a freshly minted coin), 1887 (in mint condition), from mint (n.2).

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