| coin | |
| 1. n. (money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle. | |
| 2. n. A token used in a special establishment like a casino (also called a chip). | |
| 3. n. (figurative) That which serves for payment or recompense. | |
| 4. n. (slang) money in general, not limited to coins | |
| She spent some serious coin on that car! | |
| 5. n. One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit. | |
| 6. n. A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. | |
| 7. n. A small circular slice of food. | |
| 8. v. To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture. | |
| to coin silver dollars; to coin a medal | |
| 9. v. To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate. | |
| Over the last century the advance in science has led to many new words being coined. | |
| 10. v. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make. | |
