coin
IPA: kˈɔɪn
noun
- (money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
- A token used in a special establishment like a casino.
- (figurative) That which serves for payment or recompense.
- (uncountable, figurative) Something in broad circulation or use.
- (uncountable, slang, UK, US, African-American Vernacular) Money in general, not limited to coins.
- (card games) One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
- A corner or external angle.
- A small circular slice of food.
- (informal, cryptocurrencies) A cryptocurrency; a cryptocoin.
- A city in Iowa, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States.
- A surname.
- A surname from French.
- A surname from Irish.; Alternative form of Coyne
- (US, military) Abbreviation of counterinsurgency. [Any political or military action taken to defeat insurgency, especially during guerrilla warfare.]
verb
- To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal.
- (by extension) To make or fabricate (especially a word or phrase).
- To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
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Examples of "coin" in Sentences
- I am a coin gatherer.
- The coin was customarily a drachma.
- A collector collects valuable coins.
- The coins of Augustus are ubiquitous.
- Coins are both fungible and tradeable.
- Such coins are known as 'largesse' coins.
- It is also embossed on the edge of the dollar coin.
- Each coin bears the mintmark of the Mint producing the coin.
- The Lincoln cent is the current one cent coin of the US Dollar.
- The 20 Franc coin is the most common, and it is popular as a bullion coin.