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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. 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.
Idiom: Requiring one or more pieces of metal money for operation: a coin washing machine.
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)n
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
vb
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.
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.
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coin
Past participle: coined
Gerund: coining
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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 tail - (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head 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 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 fivepence - a coin worth five cents 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" create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch |
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coin
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Translations
عُمْلَة مَعْدِنِيَّةقِطْعَةُ نَقْد مَعْدَنييَصوغُ كلمةً أو عِبارَةًيَضْرِبُ عِمْلَةً
mincerazitvytvořit
møntudstede møntdanne
monero
kolikko
kovanicanovčićžeton
érme
búa tilmyntslá mynt
硬貨
동전
moneta
monetamonetosnukaltisistemakaldinti
darinātkaltmonēta
monedă
kovanec
myntmynta
เหรียญ
tiền xu
coin
[kɔɪn]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
coin
[ˈkɔɪn]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
coin
[kɔɪn]2. vt (fam) (money) → fare soldi a palate (fig) (word) → coniare
to coin a phrase (hum) → per così dire
to coin a phrase (hum) → per così dire
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
coin
(koin) noun a piece of metal used as money. a handful of coins.
verb1. 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) noun1. the process of coining.
2. the money (system) used in a country. Britain now uses decimal coinage.
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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Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009