Synonyms:
coin
Meaning: a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
coin
Meaning: make up; "coin phrases or words"
Usage examples
Then he took a coin rapidly from his pocket.
They coin counterfeit money, and put it into circulation.
Jem scrutinized the coin, and declared that the uppermost surface showed a tail.
"And there's ten cents for your bird seed in that pocket," said Mrs. Pepper, pointing to a coin racing away into a corner by itself.
Ali Baba went boldly into the cave, and collected as much of the gold coin, which was in bags, as he thought his three asses could carry.
The coin paid for the drink is the beginning of the expense; misery, disgrace, degeneracy, and bestialty too often are the unreckoned items.
There, sure enough, lay the golden coin shining before him, and the next morning he found another, and the same every morning when he got up.
Not having forgotten their former troubles with these people, they determined to pay them off in their own coin by depriving them of the herd.
Take the heart out of the dead bird and swallow it whole, then you will find a gold coin under your pillow every single morning when you wake.'
Unfortunately we had only fifty varas left; but, through the influence of the now good-natured alcalde, we induced the Indians to take the balance in coin.