coin

Etymology

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, which was derived from Latin monēta.

noun

1. (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. A token used in a special establishment like a casino.
3. (figurative) That which serves for payment or recompense.
4. (uncountable, slang, UK, US, African-American Vernacular) Money in general, not limited to coins.
   She spent some serious coin on that car!
   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
5. (card games) One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
6. A corner or external angle.
7. A small circular slice of food.
   For munchies try deep-fried jalapeño coins, jumbo Buffalo wings, and hush puppies with a sweet edge. 2015, Fodor's The Carolinas & Georgia
   Spread out four bread and butter pickle coins on top, and sprinkle with onion. 2020, Evan Bloom, Rachel Levin, Eat Something, page 76
8. (informal, cryptocurrencies) A cryptocurrency; a cryptocoin.
   What's the best coin to buy right now?

verb

1. To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal.
   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. September 1898, Alexander E. Outerbridge Jr., “Curiosities of American Coinage”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 53, D. Appleton & Company, page 601
2. (by extension) To make or fabricate (especially a word or phrase).
   Over the last century the advance in science has led to many new words being coined.
3. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.