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coin
/kɔɪn/
noun
(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.
Similar: chip
That which serves for payment or recompense.
verb
To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal.
"to coin a medal"
Similar: manufacture, mint
(by extension) To make or fabricate.
"Over the last century the advance in science has led to many new words being coined."
To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
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