# coin

Pronunciation: say "KOYN" /kɔɪn/

## Noun

1. A piece of currency, usually a metal disc, though sometimes polygonal or made with a hole in the middle.
   - Simple: A small, flat piece of metal used as money.
   - _The cashier handed back a coin and two bills in change._
   - _Ancient Roman coins still turn up in plowed fields across Europe._
3. Ellipsis of cryptocoin; a cryptocurrency. *(colloquial)* — Ellipsis of cryptocoin; a cryptocurrency.
   - Simple: Short for cryptocoin, a kind of digital money that exists only online. Used in casual talk.
   - _Analysts doubt the new coin will hold its value._
   - _She moved her coin from the exchange to a private wallet._
4. A token used in place of regular currency within a particular establishment, such as a casino or arcade.
   - Simple: A round token used instead of money in a place like a casino or arcade.
   - _Before slot machines took cards, players fed each machine one casino coin at a time from a paper cup._
   - _The laundromat's machines accept only its own brass coins, sold at the front desk._
5. Money in general, not limited to physical coins; used casually for cash, earnings, or wealth. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Money of any kind, used in casual talk.
   - _She left consulting because the startup offered better coin._
   - _Athletes at that level pull in serious coin from endorsements alone._
7. Something that serves as payment or recompense, whether or not it is money.
   - Simple: Anything that works as payment, even if it is not money.
   - _Loyalty was the coin in which the old senator traded._
   - _When her brother teased her at dinner, she paid him back in his own coin._
9. A small, circular slice of food, such as a piece of carrot or sausage cut crosswise.
   - Simple: A small, round slice of food, like a piece of cut carrot.
   - _The stew calls for sausage cut into thin coins._
   - _Top each cucumber coin with a dab of cream cheese._
10. Something in wide circulation or common use, such as an idea, expression, or piece of information.
   - Simple: Something that many people use or share, like an idea or a saying.
   - _Conspiracy theories have become the common coin of late-night radio._
   - _By spring, the show's catchphrase had become common coin among teenagers._
11. One of the four suits of the minor arcana in a tarot deck, or a single card of that suit.
   - Simple: One of the four groups of cards in a tarot deck, or a card from that group.
   - _Her reading ended with the ten of Coins, a card often linked to family wealth._
   - _Many tarot readers link the suit of Coins with money, work, and home life._

## Verb

2. To make or fabricate something, especially a new word or phrase.
   - Simple: To make up a new word or phrase.
   - _Researchers coin terms faster than dictionaries can record them._
   - _The columnist coined a phrase that politicians repeated for decades._
6. To make coins by stamping metal, or to convert metal into coins.
   - Simple: To make coins by stamping pieces of metal.
   - _The mint coined gold into sovereigns until the practice ended._
   - _Early mints would coin imported silver into local currency._
8. To acquire or make something rapidly, especially money.
   - Simple: To get or make something, especially money, very fast.
   - _The studio coined money on every sequel it released._
   - _That food truck seems to coin money whenever it parks near the stadium._

## Noun

12. A corner or external angle, as of a wall or building. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: An outside corner of a wall or building.

## Origin

Latin cuneus ("wedge") became Old French coigne, which could mean a wedge, a cornerstone or a die for stamping, and then Middle English coyn. Coign and cuneus are its doublets, and quoin is related. Coin pushed out the earlier Middle English mynt, which came from Old English mynet and survives as modern mint.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/coin (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).