coin
/kɔin/
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Definition
Noun:
- A small, flat, typically round piece of metal issued by a government as money.
- A piece of metal money.
Verb:
- To make (coins) by stamping metal; to mint.
- To invent or fabricate (a new word or phrase).
Usage
- As a Noun: Refers to a physical piece of metallic currency.
- As a Verb: Refers to the act of minting currency or, figuratively, the act of inventing new language.
Examples
- Noun:
- I found an old Roman coin in the field.
- Do you have a coin for the parking meter?
- Verb:
- The government decided to coin a new commemorative dollar.
- The author coined the term "cyberspace."
Advanced Usage
- "to coin a phrase": Used ironically to acknowledge using a cliché or common saying.
- He is, to coin a phrase, as busy as a bee.
- "to coin it (in)" (British Informal): To earn a lot of money quickly or easily.
- The new app is coining it for its developers.
Variants and Related Words
- Coinage (n): 1. The process of coining money. 2. A system of coins in use. 3. A newly invented word or phrase.
- The coinage of new terms often happens in technology.
- Coiner (n): 1. A person who mints coins. 2. A person who invents words.
Synonyms
- Noun: Piece, specie, token.
- Verb: Mint, stamp, forge; invent, create, originate.
Related Phrasal Verbs / Idioms
- Pay someone back in their own coin: To treat someone as they have treated you, especially in a negative way; to retaliate.
- After his betrayal, she was determined to pay him back in his own coin.
- The other side of the coin: The opposite or contrasting aspect of a situation.
- Fame brings wealth, but the other side of the coin is a loss of privacy.
- Two sides of the same coin: Two things that seem different but are closely related.
- Risk and reward are two sides of the same coin in investing.
Noun
- a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
Verb
- form by stamping, punching, or printing
- strike coins
- strike a medal
- make up
- coin phrases or words