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coin definition

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

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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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