Definition of coins Coins
/kɔjˈnz/ - [koynz] -
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Wiktionary 
- coins (Noun)
Plural of coin.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
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| coin - a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money | ||
| metal money, specie, coinage, mintage coins collectively | ||
| head a single domestic animal; "200 head of cattle" | ||
| obverse the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design | ||
| verso, reverse left-hand page | ||
| tail the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body | ||
| change the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" | ||
| bawbee an old Scottish coin of little value | ||
| bezant, bezzant, byzant, solidus a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages | ||
| denier one who denies | ||
| ducat formerly a gold coin of various European countries | ||
| real an old small silver Spanish coin | ||
| piece of eight an old silver Spanish coin; worth 8 reales | ||
| shilling an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound | ||
| crown the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head | ||
| half crown an English coin worth half a crown | ||
| dime a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar | ||
| nickel a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar | ||
| quarter clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent; "he surrendered but asked for quarter" | ||
| fifty-cent piece, half dollar a United States coin worth half of a dollar | ||
| ha'penny, halfpenny an English coin worth half a penny | ||
| cent, centime, penny a fractional monetary unit of several countries | ||
| slug any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell | ||
| tenpence a decimal coin worth ten pennies | ||
| tuppence, twopence a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies | ||
| threepence former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom equal to three pennies | ||
| fourpence, groat a former English silver coin worth four pennies | ||
| fivepence a coin worth five cents | ||
| sixpence, tanner a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970 | ||
| eightpence a coin worth eight pennies | ||
| ninepence a coin worth nine pennies | ||
| dollar a symbol of commercialism or greed; "he worships the almighty dollar"; "the dollar sign means little to him" | ||
| double eagle a former gold coin in the United States worth 20 dollars | ||
| eagle any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight | ||
| half eagle a former gold coin in United States worth 5 dollars | ||
| guinea a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958 | ||
| farthing a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny | ||
| doubloon a former Spanish gold coin | ||
| louis d'or a former French gold coin | ||
| medallion an emblem indicating that a taxicab is registered | ||
| stater a resident of a particular state or group of states; "Keystone stater"; "farm staters" | ||
| sou a former French coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money; "he hasn't a sou to his name" | ||
Verb |
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| coin - make up; "coin phrases or words" | ||
| create verbally create with or from words | ||
| sloganeer coin new slogans | ||
| coin - form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins"; "strike a medal" | ||
| mint, strike | ||
| create from raw material, create from raw stuff make from scratch | ||
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Wiktionary
- coin (Noun)
A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle. - coin (Noun)
A token used in a special establishment like a casino also called a chip. - coin (Noun)
One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit. - coin (Verb)
To create coins. - coin (Verb)
To make up or invent, and establish.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- coin (n.)
A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin. - coin (n.)
A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally current as money; -- much used in a collective sense. - coin (n.)
That which serves for payment or recompense. - coin (v. t.)
To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture; as, to coin silver dollars; to coin a medal. - coin (v. t.)
To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate; as, to coin a word. - coin (v. t.)
To acquire rapidly, as money; to make. - coin (v. i.)
To manufacture counterfeit money.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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coin
A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle. -
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To form by stamping, punching, or printing. -
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To make up (e.g. new words or phrases).
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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coin
koin, n. (Shak.) a corner-stone: a piece of metal legally stamped and current as money.—v.t. to convert a piece of metal into money: to stamp; to make, invent, fabricate: (fig.) to make into.—ns. Coin′age, the act of coining money: the currency: the pieces of metal coined: the invention, or fabrication, of something new: what is invented; Coin′er, one who coins money: a maker of counterfeit coins: an inventor; Coin′ing, minting: invention.—Coin money, to make money rapidly.—Pay a man in his own coin, to give tit for tat: to give as good as one got. [Fr. coin, a wedge, also the die to stamp money—L. cuneus, a wedge.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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(Fr. coin d’artilleur). In gunnery, a kind of wedge to lay under the breech of a gun, in order to raise or depress the metal. Written also quoin.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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Where coin's not common, commons must be scant. -
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Much coin much care.
Wikipedia 
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A coin is normally a round piece of metal that is used as currency. Coins have been made for about 2600 years; the first place to make coins was Lydia (modern Turkey).
Appearance.
Many coins have complex decorations; one side often has the picture of a head on it. Most people use coins as currency.
Uses.
The different decorations on each side of a coin might be used to decide things randomly. This is called "tossing a coin". A person can throw the coin into the air and catch it. You then look at which picture is facing up. If the head is facing up it is called "heads", if the other picture is facing up it is called "tails". Before tossing the coin someone has to decide what each picture means.
Gambling.
Tossing a coin can be a type of gambling, which is illegal (against the law) in some countries, but it depends, of course, if something is gambled upon with a price someone risks or if it's just merely to decide something, so it's hard to take a real gamble with coins.
Other views.
Some people see coins as a sign as greed, such as some Communists and Puritans, who sometimes condemn over-hoarding of coins, and ascetics, who often keep little in the ways of money (coins), leading a "poor"-lifestyle.
Collecting.
Because coins have been made for a very long time, some people collect old coins. They are much cheaper than other old things, especially if they are made of cheap metals like copper. Older coins normally cost more than newer ones, but rarity matters more-some coins from
