COIN | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of coin in English coinnoun uk /kɔɪn/ us /kɔɪn/ Add to word list Add to word list B1 [ C ] a small, round piece of metal, usually silver or copper coloured, that is used as money: UK a 10p/ten pence coin a pound coin gold coinsin coins I asked for £10 in 20p coins.take coins That machine doesn't take 50 pence coins.   Pando Hall/Photographer's Choice/GettyImages [ U ] money in the form of metal coins

• The date on the coin is 1789.
• We each wanted the bedroom with the balcony, so we tossed a coin to decide.
• He fished out a coin from his pocket.
• The captains flipped a coin into the air to decide which side would bat first.
• The smaller 10 pence coin was introduced in 1992.

Payment methods

• anti-kickback
• ATM card
• automatic withdrawal
• bad cheque
• baksheesh
• blank cheque
• chip
• gratuity
• microtransaction
• milled
• monetization
• monetize
• money-back
• PFI
• ready money
• rubber
• sweetener
• tail
• traveller's cheque
• wave and pay

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Amounts of money coinverb uk /kɔɪn/ us /kɔɪn/

coin verb (INVENT)

C2 [ T ] to invent a new word or expression, or to use one in a particular way for the first time: coin a term Allen Ginsberg coined the term "flower power".coin a phrase Few people have any idea who coined the famous phrase. Inventing, designing and innovation

• absorptive capacity
• architect
• artificer
• bionics
• blueprint
• ecodesign
• ergonomic
• ergonomically
• ergonomics
• father
• lead time
• modularization
• mother
• nanotechnologist
• technological
• technologically
• technologist
• technology
• test bed
• the mother of something idiom

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coin verb (MONEY)

 coining it (in) UK informal to be earning a lot of money quickly: Farmers were coining it at that time, thanks to high wheat prices. See more

Idiom

to coin a phrase (Definition of coin from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

coin | American Dictionary

coinnoun [ C ] us /kɔɪn/

coin noun [C] (MONEY)

Add to word list Add to word list a small, flat, round piece of metal used as money, with a number showing its value and often a decorative picture: Let’s flip a coin to see who goes first. He fished about in his pockets, taking out a handful of coins. coinverb [ T ] us /kɔɪn/

coin verb [T] (INVENT)

to invent or be the first to use a new word or expression: Kraft coined the term "middle America" in the 1960s. (Definition of coin from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

coin | Business English

coinnoun   MONEY uk /kɔɪn/ us Add to word list Add to word list [ C ] a small round piece of metal, usually silver or a red-brown colour, which is used as money: a 10p/ten-cent/pound coin I always keep a few coins in the car to pay for parking.in coins He gave me $10, all in coins. [ U ] money in the form of metal coins: in coin Thieves stole nearly €300 in coin. coinverb [ T ] uk /kɔɪn/ us MONEY to produce money in the form of coins: A new 50 pence piece was coined to commemorate the poet's bicentennial.  coin it (in) UK informal to earn a lot of money quickly: With prices so high, the major oil companies are coining it as never before. The banks coined it in last year. (Definition of coin from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of coin

coin Overall, therefore, the present experiments add further substance to the claim that people misremember head orientation on coins. From the Cambridge English Corpus In support of this idea, they cite the results of an experiment in which they asked subjects to create new coins. From the Cambridge English Corpus Islands are in many ways special: so much so that ecologists have coined the expression" island biogeography" to describe their particular features. From the Cambridge English Corpus He coined the term" developmental mechanics" and was one of the first to attempt a causal analysis of early development. From the Cambridge English Corpus What did the word 'militarism' signify when it was first coined? From the Cambridge English Corpus All of these characteristics lead to constant renewal as forms are continually replaced with newly coined expressions that can effectively intensify existing expressions. From the Cambridge English Corpus I have coined these hybrid terms simply to echo multiplication where a multiplier operates on a multiplicand. From the Cambridge English Corpus They are all either made out of run-of-the-mill material or depend upon currently fashionable devices for coining new expressions. From the Cambridge English Corpus Thus, discovering such causes is more like discovering useful new ways of classifying than it is like discovering lost coins. From the Cambridge English Corpus Their conflicting interests resulted in a dual coinage with the official sums stated in pure coins and the actual payments made in current coins. From the Cambridge English Corpus The official sums were stated in pure coins, but this did not necessarily mean that actual payments were to be made in pure coins. From the Cambridge English Corpus Each of these coins commands a premium of 0.001 to 0.005 tael, depending on the market price for silver. From the Cambridge English Corpus How to recognize: most coins have a border with numerous letters, though there are some with large letters or a rough edge. From the Cambridge English Corpus When coins were used as a means of transaction, the need to mint them would not occur unless their supply dried up completely. From the Cambridge English Corpus In actuality, inferior coins circulated within a limited locality sustained the local monetary market. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of coin These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

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bronze coinThe salt voucher system thus provided a means whereby merchants supplying frontier armies in the northwest ultimately received reimbursement in bronze coin. From the Cambridge English Corpus   bullion coinI concede that it is not a circulating coin and with a face value of £1 it is really a bullion coin. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0   coin collectorHe was also a book and coin collector. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.   These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with coin What is the pronunciation of coin?

Translations of coin

in Chinese (Traditional) 硬幣, 金屬貨幣, （統稱）硬幣… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 硬币, 金属货币, （统称）硬币… See more in Spanish moneda, moneda [feminine], acuñar… See more in Portuguese moeda, moeda [feminine], cunhar… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian धातूचा एक छोटा, गोल तुकडा, सामान्यत: चांदी किंवा तांब्याच्या रंगाचा… See more 硬貨, 硬貨（こうか）, （語句（ごく）を）初（はじ）めて使（つか）う… See more madeni para, (yeni bir kelime, ifade) bulmak… See more pièce [feminine] de monnaie, forger, pièce… See more moneda… See more muntstuk, munten, smeden… See more ஒரு சிறிய, வட்டத் துண்டு உலோகம், பொதுவாக வெள்ளி அல்லது செம்பு நிறமானது… See more सिक्का या मुद्रा, कोई नया शब्द या अभिव्यक्ति गढ़ना… See more ચલણી સિક્કો, પહેલી વખત શબ્દનો ઉપયોગ કરવો, બનાવવો કે શબ્દ શોધવો… See more mønt, udstede mønt, præge mønt… See more mynt, mynta, prägla… See more duit syiling, mencetak duit, mencipta… See more die Münze, (Münzen) prägen, prägen… See more mynt [masculine], mynte, mynt… See more سکہ, کوئی لفظ یا اصطلاح ایجاد کرنا… See more монета, карбувати, творити нові слова… See more నాణెం, క్రొత్త పదం లేక వ్యక్తీకరణను కనిపెట్టడానికి లేక మొదటిసారి ఒక నిర్దిష్ట మార్గంలో ఉపయోగించడం… See more মুদ্রা, নতুন শব্দ উদ্ভাবন করা… See more mince, razit, vytvořit… See more uang logam, mencetak uang, menciptakan… See more เหรียญกษาปณ์, ทำเหรียญกษาปณ์, ประดิษฐ์… See more đồng xu, đúc tiền, tạo ra… See more moneta, ukuć, wybijać… See more 동전… See more moneta, coniare… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of coin

• coin toss
• spin a coin
• initial coin offering
• a coin toss phrase
• flip a coin
• a coin toss
• toss a coin

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• a coin toss phrase
• to coin a phrase idiom
• the other side of the coin idiom
• two sides of the same coin idiom
• be two sides of the same coin idiom
• a toss of a coin, at a coin toss phrase
• be different/opposite sides of the same coin, at be two sides of the same coin idiom

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    • coin (INVENT)
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    • coining it (in)
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  • Verb 
    • coin (INVENT)
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