Mint
[mɪnt]
Definition
(noun.) a plant where money is coined by authority of the government.
(noun.) a candy that is flavored with a mint oil.
(noun.) the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied.
(noun.) any member of the mint family of plants.
(noun.) any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers.
(verb.) form by stamping, punching, or printing; 'strike coins'; 'strike a medal'.
(adj.) as if new; 'in mint condition' .
Edited by Barton--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.
(n.) A place where money is coined by public authority.
(n.) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
(v. t.) To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp into money.
(v. t.) To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
Typed by Arlene
Definition
n. an aromatic plant producing a highly odoriferous oil.—ns. Mint′-ju′lep a spirituous drink flavoured with mint and sucked through a straw or small tube; Mint′-sauce chopped mint mixed with vinegar and sugar used as a sauce for roast lamb.
n. the place where money is coined by government: a place where anything is invented or made: any source of abundant supply.—v.t. to coin: to invent.—ns. Mint′age the money which is minted or coined: the duty paid for coining; Mint′er one who mints or coins: an inventor; Mint′-man one skilled in coining or coinage; Mint′-mark a private mark put by the mint on coins for purposes of identification; Mint′-mas′ter the master of a mint: one who invents.
v.i. (Scot.) to purpose try: to hint.
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Examples
- A person can generally sell his receipt for the difference between the mint price of bullion and the market price. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The proportions between the bank price, the mint price, and the market price of gold bullion, are nearly the same. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In the mint of Calcutta, an ounce of fine gold is supposed to be worth fifteen ounces of fine silver, in the same manner as in Europe. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Worth a mint of money, Mr. George! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The operations of the mint were, upon this account, somewhat like the web of Penelope; the work that was done in the day was undone in the night. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Before the reformation of the gold coin, the market price was always more or less above the mint price. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In the present hurry of the mint, it could not be returned till after a delay of several months. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The coinage of the United States mints since the organization of the government has amounted to nearly 6,000,000,000 pieces, valued at over $4,000,000,000. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I must not leave it to be supposed that we were ever a great House, or that we made mints of money. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But, first, We cannot always judge of the value of the current money of different countries by the standard of their respective mints. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Bicarbonate of soda is practically the sole ingredient of the soda mints popularly sold for indigestion. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The first recorded coins were minted about 600 B.C. in Lydia, a gold-producing country in the west of Asia Minor. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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