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coin
1[ koin ]
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.
COIN
2[ koin ]
noun
coin
/ ɔɪ /
noun
- a metal disc or piece used as money
- metal currency, as opposed to securities, paper currency, etc nummary
- architect a variant spelling of quoin
- pay a person back in his own cointo treat a person in the way that he has treated others
- the other side of the cointhe 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)
- informal.tr to make (money) rapidly (esp in the phrase coin it in )
- to coin a phrasesaid ironically after one uses a cliché
Derived Forms
- ˈǾԱ, noun
- ˈǾԲ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- Ǿ·· adjective
- Ǿ· noun
- ·Ǿ verb
- ·Ǿ verb (used with object)
Word History and Origins
Origin of coin1
Origin of coin2
Word History and Origins
Origin of coin1
Idioms and Phrases
- 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.
More idioms and phrases containing coin
In addition to the idiom beginning with coin , also see other side of the coin ; pay back (in someone's own coin) .Example Sentences
The former Prime Minister Harold Wilson is credited with coining the phrase "a good working funeral" in relation to the service marking the death of Winston Churchill in 1965.
Meme coins are often used by speculators to make money or to allow fans to show support to a celebrity or moment in internet culture.
Tzoni thought would be a straightforward transfer of cryptocurrency coins has left the Bulgarian national angry and out of pocket.
“At the end of the day, it’s about the human touch,” Avichal said, recognizing the workers who returned the coins to the owner.
Among the finds at the dig were a section of wall, cut stones with a masons mark, pottery, slate and a Henry III coin dating from around 1270.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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