Coin Definition
koin
coined, coins
noun
coins
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A usually round piece of metal with a distinctive stamp, and of a fixed value and weight, issued by a government as money.
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Metal money considered as a whole.
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A flat circular piece or object felt to resemble metal money.
A pizza topped with coins of pepperoni.
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Such pieces collectively.
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Synonyms:
- gold-piece
- copper coin
- specie
- silver piece
- obverse
- numismatics
- nickel
- milling
- legend
- key
- fluting
- dime
- die
- denomination
- corner
verb
coined, coins
To make (coins) by stamping metal.
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To make coins.
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To make counterfeit money.
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To make (metal) into coins.
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To make up; devise; invent (a new word or phrase)
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adjective
Requiring, or containing machines requiring, one or more coins for operation.
A coin laundry.
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Synonyms:
abbreviation
(US, military) COunter INsurgency.
Wiktionary
idiom
the other side of the coin
- One of two differing or opposing views or sides.
American Heritage
coin money
- to earn or accumulate wealth rapidly
Webster's New World
pay a person back in the same coin
- to treat a person in the same way the person treated oneself
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Coin
- the other side of the coin
- coin money
- pay a person back in the same coin
Origin of Coin
Middle English from Old French die for stamping coins, wedge from Latin cuneus wedge
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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