coin
A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
That which serves for payment or recompense.
Something in broad circulation or use.
Verb 3 meanings
To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal.
“to coin silver dollars”
To make or fabricate (especially a word or phrase).
“Over the last century the advance in science has led to many new words being coined.”
To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
Etymology
From Middle English coyn, from Old French coigne (“wedge, cornerstone, die for stamping”), from Latin cuneus (“wedge”). Doublet of coign and cuneus. See also quoin (“cornerstone”). Displaced Middle English mynt, from Old English mynet (whence modern English mint), which was derived from Latin monēta.
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COIN at a glance
COIN has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + I 1 + N 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,110 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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