Coin

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪn
• Homophones: quoin

Origin

From Old French coigne ("wedge, cornerstone, die for stamping"), from Latin cuneus ("wedge"). See also quoin ("cornerstone")

Full definition of coin

Noun

1. (money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
• 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island...the coins were of all countries and sizes - doubloons, and louis d'ors, and guineas, and pieces of eight...
2. A token used in a special establishment like a casino (also called a chip).
3. (figurative) That which serves for payment or recompense.
• HammondThe loss of present advantage to flesh and blood is repaid in a nobler coin.
4. One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
5. A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge.

Derived terms

• coinage

Verb

1. To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture.to coin silver dollars; to coin a medal
2. To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate.Over the last century the advance in science has led to many new words being coined.
• DrydenSome tale, some new pretense, he daily coined,
  To soothe his sister and delude her mind.
3. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
• John LockeTenants cannot coin rent just at quarter day.

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