ALL meanings of coin
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C c - countable noun coin A coin is a small piece of metal which is used as money. 3
- verb coin If you coin a word or a phrase, you are the first person to say it. 3
- verb coin If you say that someone is coining it or is coining money, you are emphasizing that they are making a lot of money very quickly, often without really earning it. 3
- verb coin Coining in means the same as coining. 3
- noun coin a metal disc or piece used as money 3
- noun coin metal currency, as opposed to securities, paper currency, etc 3
- verb coin to make or stamp (coins) 3
- verb coin to make into a coin 3
- verb coin to fabricate or invent (words, etc) 3
- verb coin to make (money) rapidly (esp in the phrase coin it in) 3
- noun coin quoin 3
- noun coin a usually round piece of metal with a distinctive stamp, and of a fixed value and weight, issued by a government as money 3
- noun coin such pieces collectively 3
- noun coin money 3
- adjective coin requiring, or containing machines requiring, one or more coins for operation 3
- verb transitive coin to make (coins) by stamping metal 3
- verb transitive coin to make (metal) into coins 3
- verb transitive coin to make up; devise; invent (a new word or phrase) 3
- intransitive verb coin to make coins 3
- intransitive verb coin to make counterfeit money 3
- noun coin Archaic. a corner cupboard of the 18th century. 1
- adjective coin operated by, or containing machines operated by, inserting a coin or coins into a slot: a coin laundry. 1
- verb with object coin to make (coinage) by stamping metal: The mint is coining pennies. 1
- verb with object coin to convert (metal) into coinage: The mint used to coin gold into dollars. 1
- verb with object coin to make; invent; fabricate: to coin an expression. 1
- verb with object coin Metalworking. to shape the surface of (metal) by squeezing between two dies. Compare emboss (def 3). 1
- verb without object coin British Informal. to counterfeit, especially to make counterfeit money. 1
- idioms coin coin money, Informal. to make or gain money rapidly: Those who own stock in that restaurant chain are coining money. 1
- idioms coin 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. 1
- idioms coin the other side of the coin, the other side, aspect, or point of view; alternative consideration. 1
- noun coin metal money 1
- transitive verb coin phrase: create 1
- noun coin A flat, typically round piece of metal with an official stamp, used as money. 1
- noun coin a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money. 1
- noun coin a number of such pieces. 1
- noun coin Informal. money; cash: He's got plenty of coin in the bank. 1
- noun coin Architecture. quoin (defs 1, 2). 1
- noun coin (money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle. 0
- noun coin A token used in a special establishment like a casino (also called a chip). 0
- noun coin (figuratively) That which serves for payment or recompense. 0
- noun coin One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit. 0
- noun coin A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. 0
- verb coin To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture. 0
- verb coin To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate. 0
- verb coin To acquire rapidly, as money; to make. 0