coin: Meaning and Definition of
coin
Pronunciation: (koin), [key] — n.
- a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- a number of such pieces.
- money; cash: He's got plenty of coin in the bank.
- quoin (defs. 1, 2).
- a corner cupboard of the 18th century.
- to reciprocate or behave toward in a like way, esp. inamicably; retaliate: If they persist in teasing you, pay them back in their own coin.
- the other side, aspect, or point of view; alternative consideration.
—adj. - operated by, or containing machines operated by, inserting a coin or coins into a slot: a coin laundry.
—v.t. - to make (coinage) by stamping metal: The mint is coining pennies.
- to convert (metal) into coinage: The mint used to coin gold into dollars.
- to make; invent; fabricate: to coin an expression.
- to shape the surface of (metal) by squeezing between two dies. Cf. emboss (def. 3).
—v.i. - to counterfeit, esp. to make counterfeit money.
- to make or gain money rapidly: Those who own stock in that restaurant chain are coining money.
COIN
Pronunciation: (koin), [key] — n., adj.
- counterinsurgency.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.