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coin (ko̵in)

noun

  1. Archaic quoin
    1. a usually round piece of metal with a distinctive stamp, and of a fixed value and weight, issued by a government as money
    2. such pieces collectively
  3. Slang money

Etymology: ME < OFr coin, coigne, a wedge, stamp, corner < L cuneus, a wedge < IE base *kū-, pointed > OIr cuil, L culex, gnat, Avestan sū-kā, needle

adjective

requiring, or containing machines requiring, one or more coins for operation a coin laundry

transitive verb

    1. to make (coins) by stamping metal
    2. to make (metal) into coins
  2. to make up; devise; invent (a new word or phrase)

intransitive verb

  1. to make coins
  2. Brit. to make counterfeit money

Related Forms:

coin Idioms

coin money

Informal to earn or accumulate wealth rapidly

pay a person back in the same coin

to treat a person in the same way the person treated oneself

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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coin Synonyms

coin

n.

gold piece, silver piece, copper coin, specie; see money 1.


coin

v.

  1. To mint money

    issue, counterfeit, strike, stamp; see manufacture, mint 1.

  2. To invent a word, etc.

    create a phrase, make up, mint, neologize; see invent 1.


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coin Usage Examples

Object

  • phrase: Chris first coined the phrase " The Long Tail " in the 2004 Wired article by the same name.

Converse of object

  • toss: I may wind up having to toss a coin to decide.

Adjective modifier

  • 10p: On the back is written " You will choose the 10p coin which will be tails up " .

Modifies a noun

  • hoard: Hoxne is arguably the most important coin hoard ever acquired by the British Museum.

Noun used with modifier

  • bullion: The Isle of Man also issue gold bullion coins called Angels.
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coin quotes

Advice, n. The smallest current coin.

-Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett

Yas |¤ , enfermos, ojo alerta, y a ning u¤ n me¤  dico admitan; mueran de gorra, sin dar un real a la medicina. Be careful then, patients, and don't accept any doctor; die for free and do not give a single coin to medicine.

-Valle y Caviedes,Juan del

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