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   coin

   /kɔɪn/

   noun

   • 1. a flat disc or piece of metal with an official stamp, used as money: "she opened her purse and took out a coin" Similar piecebitcoinscoinagecoin of the realm(loose) changesmall changesilvercoppercoppersgoldformal:specie
   • ▪ money in the form of coins: "large amounts of coin and precious metal" Similar coinscoinagecoin of the realm(loose) changesmall changesilvercoppercoppersgoldformal:specie
   • ▪ one of the suits in some tarot packs, corresponding to pentacles in others.

   verb

   • 1. make (coins) by stamping metal: "guineas and half-guineas were coined" Similar mintstampstamp outstrikecastpunchdiemouldforgemakemanufactureproduce
   • ▪ make (metal) into coins.
   • ▪ earn a lot of (money) quickly and easily: informal British "the company was coining it in at the rate of £90 a second"
   • 2. invent (a new word or phrase): "he coined the term ‘desktop publishing’" Similar inventcreatemake updeviseconceiveoriginatethink updream upformulatefabricate

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French coin ‘wedge, corner, die’, coigner ‘to mint’, from Latin cuneus ‘wedge’. The original sense was ‘cornerstone’, later ‘angle or wedge’ (senses now spelled quoin); in late Middle English the term denoted a die for stamping money, or a piece of money produced by such a die.

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