mint
A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
Noun 4 meanings
A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
A vast sum of money; (by extension) a large amount of something.
“That house is worth a mint.”
Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
Verb 4 meanings
To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.
To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
To create a crypto token.
To try, attempt; take aim.
Adjective 3 meanings
In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
Unused with original gum; as issued originally.
Of a green color, like that of the mint plant.
Etymology
From Middle English mynt, münet (“money, coin”), from Old English mynet (“coin”), from late Proto-West Germanic *munit, from Latin monēta (“place for making coins, coined money”), from the temple of Juno Moneta (named for Monēta mother of the Muses), where coins were made. Doublet of money and manat.
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MINT at a glance
MINT has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (M 3 + I 1 + N 1 + T 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,943 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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