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n.

A small piece of metal, usually flat and circular, authorized by a government for use as money.
Metal money considered as a whole.
A flat circular piece or object felt to resemble metal money: a pizza topped with coins of pepperoni.
Architecture A corner or cornerstone.
A mode of expression considered standard: Two-word verbs are valid linguistic coin in the 20th century.

tr.v. coined, coin·ing, coins

To make (pieces of money) from metal; mint or strike: coined silver dollars.
To make pieces of money from (metal): coin gold.
To devise (a new word or phrase).

adj. Requiring one or more pieces of metal money for operation: a coin washing machine.

[Middle English, from Old French, die for stamping coins, wedge, from Latin cuneus, wedge.]

coin'a·ble adj., coin'er n.

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