Coin
[kɒɪn] or [kɔɪn]
Definition
(noun.) a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money.
(verb.) make up; 'coin phrases or words'.
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Definition
(n.) A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin.
(n.) A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally current as money; -- much used in a collective sense.
(n.) That which serves for payment or recompense.
(v. t.) To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture; as, to coin silver dollars; to coin a medal.
(v. t.) To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate; as, to coin a word.
(v. t.) To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
(v. i.) To manufacture counterfeit money.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Specie, cash, metallic money, hard money, stamped money.
v. a. [1]. Convert (metal) into money by stamping.[2]. Invent, fabricate, devise, create.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fabricate, counterfeit, invent
ANT:Misform, misconstrue
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Definition
n. (Shak.) a corner-stone: a piece of metal legally stamped and current as money.—v.t. to convert a piece of metal into money: to stamp; to make invent fabricate: (fig.) to make into.—ns. Coin′age the act of coining money: the currency: the pieces of metal coined: the invention or fabrication of something new: what is invented; Coin′er one who coins money: a maker of counterfeit coins: an inventor; Coin′ing minting: invention.—Coin money to make money rapidly.—Pay a man in his own coin to give tit for tat: to give as good as one got.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of gold, denotes great prosperity and much pleasure derived from sight-seeing and ocean voyages. Silver coin is unlucky to dream about. Dissensions will arise in the most orderly families. For a maiden to dream that her lover gives her a silver coin, signifies she will be jilted by him. Copper coins, denotes despair and physical burdens. Nickel coins, imply that work of the lowest nature will devolve upon you. If silver coins are your ideal of money, and they are bright and clean, or seen distinctly in your possession, the dream will be a propitious one.
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Examples
- In the coin of some countries, the value of the two metals is nearly equal. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In the English coin, it exchanges for about fifteen ounces, that is, for more silver than it is worth, according to the common estimation of Europe. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The ransom must be paid by love and beauty, and in no other coin will I accept it. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Not that I like humouring Moore; but whatever I do I'll be paid for, and in coin of my own choosing. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He threw out a gold coin for the valet to pick up, and all the heads craned forward that all the eyes might look down at it as it fell. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The massive but delicate coining presses coin from 80 to 100 pieces a minute. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A seignorage will, in many cases, take away altogether, and will in all cases diminish, the profit of melting down the new coin. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The Moors have some small silver coins and also some silver slugs worth a dollar each. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He went out leaving the five copper coins on the table beside the bed. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Wildeve threw three points; Venn two, and raked in the coins. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- These coins are not very valuable. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The medium of exchange upon Mars is not dissimilar from our own except that the coins are oval. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- He locked the door lest the ladies should surprise him and insist upon knowing what he was doing with these names and coins. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Several discs of metal, old coins apparently, such as I hold here, were scattered over the bottom of the box, but it contained nothing else. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- In the time of Servius Tullius, who first coined money at Rome, the Roman as or pondo contained a Roman pound of good copper. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- When this great company, therefore, bought gold bullion in order to have it coined, they were obliged to pay for it two per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In England, gold was not considered as a legal tender for a long time after it was coined into money. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- There was little or no credit or coined money. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Coined gold and silver would be more valuable than uncoined. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They had no coined money, nor any established instrument of commerce of any kind. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He called it the Addressograph--a coined word meaning to write addresses. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The massive but delicate coining presses coin from 80 to 100 pieces a minute. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The planchets, after being adjusted, are taken to the coining and milling rooms, and are passed through the milling machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The light and heavy coins are kept separate in coining, and when delivered to the treasurer they are mixed in such proportions as to give him full weight in every delivery. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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