coin
coin (ko̵in)
noun
- Archaic quoin
- a usually round piece of metal with a distinctive stamp, and of a fixed value and weight, issued by a government as money
- such pieces collectively
- 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
transitive verb
- to make (coins) by stamping metal
- to make (metal) into coins
- to make up; devise; invent (a new word or phrase)
intransitive verb
- to make coins
- Brit. to make counterfeit money
coin money
pay a person back in the same coin
coin
v.
To mint money
issue, counterfeit, strike, stamp; see manufacture, mint 1.To invent a word, etc.
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.
- flip: Their hit rate was exactly what you´d get by flipping a coin.
- mint: The minted coins will be ejected onto a rubber conveyor belt rather than being allowed to fall into a trough or skip.
Adjective modifier
- 10p: On the back is written " You will choose the 10p coin which will be tails up " .
- 2p: Children raided their money boxes to bring in to school all the 1p & 2p coins they could carry.
- commemorative: Commemorative coins are legal tender in all euro area countries.
- 50p: How much change would they get if they paid with a 50p coin?
- gold: The Isle of Man also issue gold bullion coins called Angels.
- 20p: All meters in London take either £ 1 coins or 20p coins ( most take both ).
Modifies a noun
- hoard: Hoxne is arguably the most important coin hoard ever acquired by the British Museum.
- meter: There is a £ 1 coin slot meter for electricity.
- purse: Their values were permanently printed on the coin purse all along!
- collecting: However, to enjoy this aspect of coin collecting, you are going to need a way.. .
Noun used with modifier
- bullion: The Isle of Man also issue gold bullion coins called Angels.
- gold: The gold coin must have belonged to a temple or a palace.
- pence: New Smaller Design In 1997, fifty pence coins were issued in a new, smaller size.
- pound: Dean also gave her encouragement by giving her a pound coin every time she lost a pound.
- euro: Common Reverse Designs Every euro coin carries a common European face.
- copper: The easiest way to get a smile on my face is to present me with a very shiny copper coin.
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.
Advice, n. The smallest current coin.
Browse dictionary entries near coin
- Coimbatore
- coil
- coign of vantage
- coifing
- coiffuring
- coiffured
- coiffure
- coiffing
- coiffeuse
- coiffeur
- coin-op
- coin-operated
- coinage
- coincide
- coincided
- coincidence
- coincident
- coincident indicators
- coincidental
- coincidentally
