coin

...the coins were of all countries and sizes - doubloons, and louis d'ors, and guineas, and pieces of eight...

1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.

A token used in a special establishment like a casino.

The loss of every present advantage to flesh and blood is repaid in a nobler coin.

1654, H[enry] Hammond, Of Fundamentals in a Notion Referring to Practise, London: […] J[ames] Flesher for Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:

(figurative) That which serves for payment or recompense.

Tho’ truths in manhood darkly join,
Deep-seated in our mystic frame,
We yield all blessing to the name
Of Him that made them current coin; […]

1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XXXVI, page 56:

(uncountable, figurative) Something in broad circulation or use.

She spent some serious coin on that car!

It was the biggest thing in the town, and everybody I met was full of it. They were going to run an over-sea empire, and make no end of coin by trade.

1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 199:

Boy toy named Troy, used to live in Detroit, big dope dealer money he was getting some coin.

2014, Nicki Minaj, “Anaconda”, in The Pinkprint:

Of course, she [Charlie XCX] has a penchant for designer frames that cost upwards of $400. If you want to splurge on one of those exact pairs, go off. If you want to save some coin, I found similar options at more affordable brands and even some Amazon dupes. You’re welcome.

2024 September 14, Heath Owens, “What to Wear to Charli xcx & Troye Sivan's Tour If You Wanna 'SWEAT'”, in Cosmopolitan:

(uncountable, slang, UK, US, African-American Vernacular) Money in general, not limited to coins.

(card games) One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.

For munchies try deep-fried jalapeño coins, jumbo Buffalo wings, and hush puppies with a sweet edge.

Spread out four bread and butter pickle coins on top, and sprinkle with onion.

2020, Evan Bloom, Rachel Levin, Eat Something, page 76:

What's the best coin to buy right now?

(informal, cryptocurrencies) A cryptocurrency; a cryptocoin.

en-noun

coin (countable and uncountable, plural coins)

desc

→ Cantonese: coins (kon¹ si²) (from the plural noun form)

→ Japanese: コイン (koin)

жэто́н

a token used in a special establishment like a casino

kolikko

one of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit

From Middle English coyn, from Old French coigne (“wedge, cornerstone, die for stamping”), from Latin cuneus (“wedge”). Doublet of coign and cuneus. See also quoin (“cornerstone”). Displaced Middle English mynt, from Old English mynet (whence modern English mint), which was derived from Latin monēta.


coin

to coin silver dollars

to coin a medal

Many persons believe that the so-called "dollar of the daddies," weighing 412½ grains (nine tenths fine), having a ratio to gold of "16 to 1" in value when first coined, was the original dollar of the Constitution.

1898 September 20, Alexander E. Outerbridge Jr., “Curiosities of American Coinage”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 53, D. Appleton & Company, page 601:

To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal.

Over the last century the advance in science has led to many new words being coined.

Not fearing outward force: So ſhall my Lungs / Coine words till their decay, againſt thoſe Meazels

c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 15:

Some tale, some new pretense, he daily coined, / To soothe his sister and delude her mind.

1697, Virgil, “Aeneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 1:

(by extension) To make or fabricate (especially a word or phrase).

[...] Tenants cannot coin their Rent juſt at Quarter-day, but muſt gather it up by degrees, and lodge it with them till Pay-day, or borrow it of thoſe who have it lying by them, [...]

1691, [John Locke], Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money. […], London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 1692, →OCLC, page 36:

en-verb

coin (third-person singular simple present coins, present participle coining, simple past and past participle coined)

coins (present singular third-person)
coining (participle present)
coined (participle past)
coined (past)


coin

L’église fait le coin.

Lorsque les copains se retrouvaient au café du coin, pour boire une bière, taquiner le flipper ou le baby-foot, il n’était accepté que parce qu’il régalait.

2016, Joey Richardière, Une fille venue d'ailleurs, Chiado:

When the mates met up in the café at the corner, to drink a beer, have a go at the pinball machine or the football table, he was only tolerated because he treated them.

« Je suis le seul robot dans ce coin. »

Inherited from Old French coin m, from Latin cuneus m (“wedge”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱū (“sting”).


coin

inflection of cú:
(archaic) dative singular

inflection of cú:
nominative/vocative/dative plural


coin

Alternative form of coyn (“coin, quoin”)


coin

inflection of cú:
accusative/dative singular

inflection of cú:
nominative/vocative/accusative dual


coin

inflection of cù:
genitive/vocative singular

inflection of cù:
nominative/dative plural