1. A flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
   "He tossed a coin to decide"
    
2. [US, informal] The most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
   "we tried to collect the coin he owed us";
   - money, boodle [informal], bread [informal], cabbage [US, informal], clams [US, informal], dinero [N. Amer, informal], dough [informal], gelt [informal], kale [US, informal], lettuce [US, informal], lolly [Brit, informal], lucre [informal], loot [informal], moolah [N. Amer, informal], pelf [archaic, informal], scratch [informal], shekels [informal], simoleons [US, informal], sugar [informal], wampum [N. Amer, informal], wonga [Brit, informal], moola [N. Amer, informal], brass [Brit, informal], dibs [archaic, informal], spondulix [Brit, informal], spondulicks [Brit, informal], mazuma [US, informal], dosh [Brit, informal]

1. Make up
   "coin phrases or words"
    
2. Form by stamping, punching, or printing
   "strike coins"; "The government minted new coins to commemorate the event";
   - mint, strike
    
3. [Brit, informal] Make a lot of money, esp. with little effort
   "He's coining it with his new app"

Sounds like: quoin, coign, coigne

Derived forms: coins, coined, coining

Type of: coinage, create verbally, make from scratch, medium of exchange, metal money, mintage, monetary system, specie

Part of: money supply

Encyclopedia: Coin, Minnesota