coin
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noun \ˈkȯin\Definition of COIN
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a : a usually flat piece of metal issued by governmental authority as money b : metal money c : something resembling a coin especially in shape
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: something used as if it were money (as in verbal or intellectual exchange) <perhaps wisecracks … are respectable literary coin in the United States — Times Literary Supplement> <would repay him with the full coin of his mind — Ian Fleming>
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: something having two different and usually opposing sides —usually used in the phrase the other side of the coin
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: money <I'm in it for the coin — Sinclair Lewis>
See Examples of COIN
- I have a dollar in coins.
- <seeking a job that pays plenty of coin>
Origin of COIN
Middle English, from Anglo-French coing wedge, corner, from Latin cuneus wedge
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to COIN
- Synonyms
- bread [slang], bucks, cabbage [slang], cash, change, chips, money, currency, dough, gold, green, jack [slang], kale [slang], legal tender, lolly [British], long green [slang], loot, lucre, moola (or moolah) [slang], needful, pelf, scratch [slang], shekels (also sheqels or shekelim or shekalim or sheqalim), tender, wampum
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transitive verbDefinition of COIN
Examples of COIN
- The coach coined the phrase “refuse to lose.”
- William Shakespeare is believed to have coined many words.
- The nation plans to coin more money.
First Known Use of COIN
14th century
3coin
adjectiveDefinition of COIN
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: of or relating to coins
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: operated by coins
First Known Use of COIN
circa 1566
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