recoinv.
/ˌriːˈkɔɪn/, U.S. /ˌriˈkɔɪn/ 1. transitive. To coin (money) again; to pass through the mint again. Also in figurative context. Now chiefly historical.
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society > trade and finance > money > coining > coin (money) [verb (transitive)] > recoin
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1613 T. Lodge tr. Seneca Epist. in tr. Seneca Wks. (1614) 195 I feare me thou wilt not recoine it for good payment in this sort, but wilt..accept of my payment in the coyne I hold currant.
a1643 J. Borough Soveraignty Brit. Seas (1651) 135 Money for which they commonly export of the finest gold, and silver, and coming home recoyne it of a baser allay under their owne stampe.
1685 in 15th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1899) App. VIII. 131 The remedy..is to recoyne the forreign money to our standard.
a1727 I. Newton Short. Chron. 1st Memory in Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) 40 Darius the Mede recoins the Lydian money.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 229/1 It may be found convenient..to recoin such denominations altogether.
1879 H. Phillips Addit. Notes upon Coins 6 These pieces, upon their arrival at Rome, by reason of their..fineness of quality, were at once recoined.
1934 Times 20 Feb. 34/4 When in 1920 the fine silver content of the British tokens was reduced it was decided to recoin the whole of our silver currency.
2001 Daily Mail (Nexis) 7 Mar. 48 The Window Tax..was granted to William and Mary for seven years to meet the cost of recoining clipped money.
2. transitive. To coin (a phrase, expression) again, or in a new way.
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1829 W. Taylor Historic Surv. German Poetry II. 3 These epic poems are mere Swabian refashionments (rifacimento is the Italian word which I attempt to recoin).
1836 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 34 I wish with you that people would..recoin some of the everyday compliments into a simpler form.
1989 Sunday Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 10 Sept. l1 This is a woman who described herself as African-American in the 1930s, 50 years before the expression was recoined.
2005 Scotsman (Nexis) 9 Sept. 25 To re-coin a phrase, Scotland is over-governed but under-managed.
Derivatives
reˈcoined adj.
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1624 J. Vicars tr. G. Goodwin Babels Balm 34 Coyned, re-coyned Faith, at Rome, oft hatches A great Encrease, botcht vp with many patches.
1864 F. W. Madden Hist. Jewish Coinage ix. 203 Only the recoined money should be attributed to him.
1891 Expository Times 3 53/2 This is one of the recoined words.
2006 Roanoke (Va.) Times (Nexis) 17 Mar. nw2 There's a whole section for vintage and recoined medals.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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