coin

[ koin ]

/ kɔɪn /

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noun

a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.

a number of such pieces.

Informal. money; cash: He's got plenty of coin in the bank.

Architecture. quoin(defs 1, 2).

Archaic. a corner cupboard of the 18th century.

adjective

operated by, or containing machines operated by, inserting a coin or coins into a slot: a coin laundry.

verb (used with object)

to make (coinage) by stamping metal: The mint is coining pennies.

to convert (metal) into coinage: The mint used to coin gold into dollars.

to make; invent; fabricate: to coin an expression.

Metalworking. to shape the surface of (metal) by squeezing between two dies. Compare emboss(def 3).

verb (used without object)

British Informal. to counterfeit, especially to make counterfeit money.

Idioms for coin

coin money, Informal. to make or gain money rapidly: Those who own stock in that restaurant chain are coining money.

pay someone back in his/her own coin, to reciprocate or behave toward in a like way, especially inamicably; retaliate: If they persist in teasing you, pay them back in their own coin.

the other side of the coin, the other side, aspect, or point of view; alternative consideration.

Origin of coin

1300–50; Middle English coyn(e), coygne < Anglo-French; Middle French coin, cuigne wedge, corner, die < Latin cuneus wedge

OTHER WORDS FROM coin

coin·a·ble, adjective coin·er, noun mis·coin, verb re·coin, verb (used with object)

un·coined, adjective well-coined, adjective

Words nearby coin

coigne, coil, coil spring, coimbatore, coimbra, coin, coin box, coin changer, coin lesion of lungs, coin lock, coin machine

British Dictionary definitions for coin money

coin

/ (kɔɪn) /

noun

a metal disc or piece used as money

metal currency, as opposed to securities, paper currency, etc Related adjective: nummary

architect a variant spelling of quoin

pay a person back in his own coin to treat a person in the way that he has treated others

the other side of the coin the opposite view of a matter

verb

(tr) to make or stamp (coins)

(tr) to make into a coin

(tr) to fabricate or invent (words, etc)

(tr) informal to make (money) rapidly (esp in the phrase coin it in)

to coin a phrase said ironically after one uses a cliché

Derived forms of coin

coinable, adjective coiner, noun

Word Origin for coin

C14: from Old French: stamping die, from Latin cuneus wedge

Idioms and Phrases with coin money (1 of 2)

coin money

Also, mint money. Make a great deal of money easily or very quickly. For example, With a monopoly on the market he could coin money, or These highly motivated realtors just about enable the agency to mint money. This hyperbolic expression dates from the mid-1800s.

Idioms and Phrases with coin money (2 of 2)

coin

In addition to the idiom beginning with coin

coin money

also see:

other side of the coin
pay back (in someone's own coin)

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