Antonyms for coin
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : koin |
| Phonetic Transcription : kɔɪn |
Definition of coin
Origin :- c.1300, "a wedge," from Old French coing (12c.) "a wedge; stamp; piece of money; corner, angle," from Latin cuneus "a wedge." The die for stamping metal was wedge-shaped, and the English word came to mean "thing stamped, a piece of money" by late 14c. (a sense that already had developed in French). Cf. quoin, which split off from this word 16c. Modern French coin is "corner, angle, nook." Coins were first struck in western Asia Minor in 7c. B.C.E.; Greek tradition and Herodotus credit the Lydians with being first to make and use coins of silver and gold.
- noun metallic money
- verb create, invent
- They had best take care he did not pay them in their own coin.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Last of all, there was the explosion, the carrying off of the coin in its canvas sacks to the horses.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- "I had to coin a name for the place of meeting," he said to Mrs. Roberts afterwards.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- He raised the covering hand, and peered at the coin in the gathering gloom.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- What's any of them little haythen been coin' to scare ye, missy?
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- He put a coin into John's hand and then closed the lad's fingers over it.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- A certain quality of the human hand in its relation to the coin of the realm.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- Yes, General; but for Heaven's sake don't reprimand me: I disobeyed the coin.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- That was the spirit in which I tossed up a coin to see which letter to read first.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- Never knew what a good time he could have with his Dad's coin in Paris.
- Extract from : « Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date » by Anonymous
Synonyms for coin
- brainstorm
- bread
- cash
- change
- chicken feed
- chips
- coinage
- compose
- conceive
- contrive
- copper
- counterfeit
- currency
- doubloon
- dough
- dream up
- fabricate
- forge
- formulate
- frame
- gold
- head trip
- jack
- legal tender
- make up
- make up off the top of one's head
- manufacture
- meter money
- mint
- mintage
- mold
- money
- originate
- piece
- scratch
- silver
- small change
- spark
- specie
- spitball
- stamp
- strike
- think up
- trump up
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