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coin

(koin)

1. A small piece of metal, usually flat and circular, authorized by a government for use as money.

2. Metal money considered as a whole.

3. A flat circular piece or object felt to resemble metal money: a pizza topped with coins of pepperoni.

4. A mode of expression considered standard: Two-word verbs are valid linguistic coin in the 20th century.

5. Variant of quoin.

tr.v. coined, coin·ing, coins

1. To make (pieces of money) from metal; mint or strike: coined silver dollars.

2. To make pieces of money from (metal): coin gold.

3. To devise (a new word or phrase).

adj.

Requiring one or more pieces of metal money for operation: a coin washing machine.

Idiom:

the other side of the coin

One of two differing or opposing views or sides.

[Middle English, from Old French, die for stamping coins, wedge, from Latin cuneus, wedge.]

coin′a·ble adj.

coin′er n.

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coin

(kɔɪn)

1. a metal disc or piece used as money

2. (Currencies) metal currency, as opposed to securities, paper currency, etc.

3. (Architecture) architect a variant spelling of quoin

4. pay someone back in his or her own coin to treat a person in the way that he or she has treated others

5. the other side of the coin the opposite view of a matter

6. (Currencies) (tr) to make or stamp (coins)

7. (Currencies) (tr) to make into a coin

8. (tr) to fabricate or invent (words, etc)

9. (tr) informal to make (money) rapidly (esp in the phrase coin it in)

10. to coin a phrase said ironically after one uses a cliché

[C14: from Old French: stamping die, from Latin cuneus wedge]

ˈcoinable adj

ˈcoiner n

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coin

(kɔɪn)

n.

1. a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.

2. a number of such pieces.

3. Informal. money; cash.

4. quoin (defs. 1, 2).

adj.

5. operated by or containing machines operated by the insertion of a coin or coins.

v.t.

6. to make (coins) by stamping metal.

7. to convert (metal) into money.

8. to invent; fabricate: to coin an expression.

Idioms:

pay someone back in his or her own coin, to retaliate against someone by using the person's own methods.

[1300–50; Middle English coyn(e),coygne < Anglo-French; Middle French coin, wedge, corner, die < Latin cuneus wedge]

coin′a•ble, adj.

coin′er, n.

coin

Past participle: coined
Gerund: coining

Imperative
coin
coin

Present
I coin
you coin
he/she/it coins
we coin
you coin
they coin

Preterite
I coined
you coined
he/she/it coined
we coined
you coined
they coined

Present Continuous
I am coining
you are coining
he/she/it is coining
we are coining
you are coining
they are coining

Present Perfect
I have coined
you have coined
he/she/it has coined
we have coined
you have coined
they have coined

Past Continuous
I was coining
you were coining
he/she/it was coining
we were coining
you were coining
they were coining

Past Perfect
I had coined
you had coined
he/she/it had coined
we had coined
you had coined
they had coined

Future
I will coin
you will coin
he/she/it will coin
we will coin
you will coin
they will coin

Future Perfect
I will have coined
you will have coined
he/she/it will have coined
we will have coined
you will have coined
they will have coined

Future Continuous
I will be coining
you will be coining
he/she/it will be coining
we will be coining
you will be coining
they will be coining

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been coining
you have been coining
he/she/it has been coining
we have been coining
you have been coining
they have been coining

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been coining
you will have been coining
he/she/it will have been coining
we will have been coining
you will have been coining
they will have been coining

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been coining
you had been coining
he/she/it had been coining
we had been coining
you had been coining
they had been coining

Conditional
I would coin
you would coin
he/she/it would coin
we would coin
you would coin
they would coin

Past Conditional
I would have coined
you would have coined
he/she/it would have coined
we would have coined
you would have coined
they would have coined

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Noun	1.	coin - a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money head - (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head; "call heads or tails!" obverse - the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design verso, reverse - the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design tail - (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head coinage, metal money, mintage, specie - coins collectively change - coins of small denomination regarded collectively; "he had a pocketful of change" bawbee - an old Scottish coin of little value bezant, bezzant, byzant, solidus - a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages denier - any of various former European coins of different denominations ducat - formerly a gold coin of various European countries real - an old small silver Spanish coin piece of eight - an old silver Spanish coin; worth 8 reales shilling - an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound crown - an English coin worth 5 shillings half crown - an English coin worth half a crown dime - a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar nickel - a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar quarter - a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar; "he fed four quarters into the slot machine" fifty-cent piece, half dollar - a United States coin worth half of a dollar halfpenny, ha'penny - an English coin worth half a penny cent, centime, penny - a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit slug - a counterfeit coin tenpence - a decimal coin worth ten pennies tuppence, twopence - a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies threepence - former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom equal to three pennies fourpence, groat - a former English silver coin worth four pennies fivepence - a coin worth five cents sixpence, tanner - a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970 eightpence - a coin worth eight pennies ninepence - a coin worth nine pennies dollar - a United States coin worth one dollar; "the dollar coin has never been popular in the United States" double eagle - a former gold coin in the United States worth 20 dollars eagle - a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars half eagle - a former gold coin in United States worth 5 dollars farthing - a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny doubloon - a former Spanish gold coin louis d'or - a former French gold coin medallion - any of various large ancient Greek coins stater - any of the various silver or gold coins of ancient Greece sou - a former French coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money; "he hasn't a sou to his name" Maundy money - specially minted silver coins that are distributed by the British sovereign on Maundy Thursday
Verb	1.	coin - make up; "coin phrases or words" create verbally - create with or from words sloganeer - coin new slogans
	2.	coin - form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins"; "strike a medal" mint, strike create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch

coin

noun

1. money, change, cash, silver, copper, dosh (Brit. & Austral. slang), specie, wonga (slang) His pocket was full of coins.

verb

1. invent, create, make up, frame, forge, conceive, originate, formulate, fabricate, think up The phrase `cosmic ray' was coined by R. A. Millikan in 1925.

Related words
adjective nummary
enthusiast numismatist

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Translations

عُمْلَة مَعْدِنِيَّةقِطْعَةُ نَقْد مَعْدَنييَصوغُ كلمةً أو عِبارَةًيَضْرِبُ عِمْلَةً

mincerazitvytvořit

møntudstede møntdanne

Münze prägen Geldstück Münzen prägen Chip

νόμισμα

monero

moneda acuñar inventar

kolikko

pièce pièce de monnaie battre inventer monnaie

kovanicanovčićžeton

érme

búa tilmyntslá mynt

moneta coniare far denaro a palate zecca

硬貨

동전

moneta

monetamonetosnukaltisistemakaldinti

darinātkaltmonēta

munt muntstuk

mynt mynte prege utmynte dikte opp et uttrykk

moneta

moeda cunhar

monedă

монета фишка денежка

kovanec

myntmynta

เหรียญ

madeni paramadeni para basmakuydurmak bulmak

tiền xu

硬币铸造硬币创造新词

coin

[kɔɪn]

A. N → moneda f
a 20p coin → una moneda de 20 peniques
to toss a coin → echar una moneda al aire, jugárselo a cara o cruz
to pay sb back in his own coin → pagar a algn en or con la misma moneda

B. VT [+ money] → acuñar (fig) [+ word] → inventar, acuñar
he must be coining money → debe de estar haciéndose de oro
to coin a phrase (hum) → para decirlo así, si me permite la frase

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coin

[ˈkɔɪn]

(= piece of money) → pièce f de monnaie
a 2 euro coin → une pièce de deux euros
the other side of the coin (= negative aspect) → le revers de la médaille (= positive aspect) → le bon côté de la chose
to be two sides of the same coin → être les deux facettes d'un même problème

(= coinage) → monnaie f

vt [+ word] → inventer
... to coin a phrase ... → ... comme on dit ...

coin

→ Münze f

no pl → Münzen pl; in the coin of the realm → in der Landeswährung; I’ll pay you back in the same coin (Brit fig) → das werde ich dir in gleicher Münze heimzahlen; the other side of the coin (fig) → die Kehrseite der Medaille; they are two sides of the same coin → das sind zwei Seiten derselben Sache

vt (lit, fig) money, phrase → prägen; he’s coining money or it (in) (fig inf) → er scheffelt Geld (inf); …, to coin a phrase → …, um mich mal so auszudrücken

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coin

[kɔɪn]

1. n → moneta
a 5p coin → una moneta da 5 pence

2. vt (fam) (money) → fare soldi a palate (fig) (word) → coniare
to coin a phrase (hum) → per così dire

coin

(koin) noun

a piece of metal used as money. a handful of coins.

verb

1. to make metal into (money). The new country soon started to coin its own money.

2. to invent (a word, phrase etc). The scientist coined a word for the new process.

ˈcoinage (-nidʒ) noun

1. the process of coining.

2. the money (system) used in a country. Britain now uses decimal coinage.

coin

→ عُمْلَة مَعْدِنِيَّة mince mønt Münze νόμισμα moneda kolikko pièce kovanica moneta 硬貨 동전 muntstuk mynt moneta moeda монета mynt เหรียญ madeni para tiền xu 硬币

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