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coin  (koin)

n.

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. Architecture A corner or cornerstone.

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

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.

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

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coina·ble adj.

coiner n.

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coin [kɔɪn]

n

1. a metal disc or piece used as money

2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) metal currency, as opposed to securities, paper currency, etc. Related adj nummary

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Architect a variant spelling of quoin

pay (a person) back in (his) own coin to treat (a person) in the way that he has treated others

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

vb

1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) (tr) to make or stamp (coins)

2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) (tr) to make into a coin

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

4. (tr) Informal to make (money) rapidly (esp in the phrase coin it in)

to coin a phrase said ironically after one uses a cliché

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

coinable  adj

coiner  n

Thesaurus

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 ha'penny, halfpenny - 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 guinea - a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings 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

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coin

noun

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

verb

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

Translations

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]

n

(= 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 ...

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coin

n

→ 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

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coin

n coin [koin]

a piece of metal used as money a handful of coins. muntstuk قِطْعَةُ نَقْد مَعْدَني монета mince mønt die Münze κέρμα moneda münt سکه kolikko pièce מַטבֵע सिक्का komad kovanog novca, novčić érme uang logam mynt moneta 硬貨 경화 moneta monēta duit syiling muntstuk mynt moneta moeda monedă монета minca kovanec novčić mynt เหรียญกษาปณ์ madeni para 硬幣 монета سکہ đồng xu 硬币

v

1 to make metal into (money) The new country soon started to coin its own money. aanmunt, smee يَضْرِبُ / يَسُكُّ عِمْلَةً сека монети razit udstede mønt; præge mønt (Münzen) prägen κόβω νόμισμα acuñar müntima سکه ضرب کردن lyödä frapper לִטבּוֹע गढ़ना kovati novac pénzt ver mencetak uang slá mynt coniare 鋳造する (화폐를) 주조하다 (nu)kalti, kaldinti kalt (naudu) mencetak duit munten lage penger, (ut)mynte, prege wybijać cunhar a bate (o monedă) чеканить raziť kovati kovati mynta, prägla ทำเหรียญกษาปณ์ madeni para basmak 鑄幣 карбувати سکہ ڈھالنا đúc tiền （铸造）硬币

2 to invent (a word, phrase etc) The scientist coined a word for the new process. skep يَصوغُ / يَسْتَحْدِثُ كلمةً أو عِبارَةً въвеждам (израз) vytvořit danne prägen επινοώ inventar välja mõtlema ساختن sepittää inventer לְחָדֵש, לְהַמצִיא ईजाद करना skovati alkot menciptakan búa til coniare 造り出す (어구를) 새로 만들다 sukurti darināt (jaunvārdus) mencipta smeden dikte opp, finne på tworzyć inventar a inventa создавать (слово, выражение) utvoriť izmisliti si skovati mynta ประดิษฐ์ bulmak, uydurmak 造字或詞 творити нові слова وضع کرنا ، ایجاد کرنا tạo ra 创造

n coinage [-nidʒ]

1 the process of coining. geldmunting ضَرْب أو سَكُّ عِمْلَةً сечене на монети ražba møntsystem das Prägen νομισματοκοπία, επινόηση acuñación müntimine ضرب سکه rahanlyönti, sepittäminen frappe טְבִיעַת מָטבֵּעוֹת सिक्के गढ़ने की प्रक्रिया kovanje novca pénzverés pembuatan uang nÿmyndun; nÿyrðasmíð conio 貨幣鋳造 경화 주조 (monetų) kalimas naudas kalšana; jaunvārdu darināšana percetakan duit syiling aanmunting (ut)mynting; nydannet ord/uttrykk bicie monet, tworzenie nowych słów cunhagem fabricare de monede чеканка (монет) razenie; tvorenie kovanje kovanje myntning, []prägling การผลิตเหรียญ bulma, uydurma 鑄幣 карбування سکے ڈھالنے کا عمل sự đúc tiền 造币

2 the money (system) used in a country Britain now uses decimal coinage. muntstelsel عِمْلَةُ البِلاد мометна система měnová soustava møntfod das Münzsystem νομισματικό σύστημα sistema monetario rahasüsteem پول رایج rahajärjestelmä système monétaire שִיטת הַמָטבֵּע सिक्का प्रणाली sustav kovanog novca pénzrendszer sistem moneter gjaldmiðilskerfi sistema monetario 貨幣制度 한 나라의 경화 (monetų) sistema, monetos naudas sistēma; nauda sistem duit syiling muntstelsel myntsystem system monetarny moeda sistem monetar монетная система menová sústava denarni sistem moneta myntsystem ระบบเงินเหรียญ para sistemi 貨幣制度 монетна система پیسے ، دولت hệ thống tiền tệ đang sử dụng 货币制度

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coin → عملة معدنية 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