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noun | verb coincoin1 /kɔɪn/ ●●● noun ETYMOLOGYcoin1Origin: 1300-1400 Old French three-sided piece, corner, from Latin cuneus wedge THESAURUSwhat you earn by working and use in order to buy things. money can be in the form of coins and paper, checks, etc. and can be kept in a bank► moneya)what you earn by working and use in order to buy things. Money can be in the form of coins and paper, checks, etc. and can be kept in a bank: $450 is a lot of money to pay for shoes. Houses in this area cost a lot of money.b)money in the form of coins or pieces of paper with their value printed on them, that you can carry with you: Leon dropped all his money on the floor. Do you have enough money to pay for the sandwiches? ► bill a piece of paper money: She handed me a $20 bill. ► coin a piece of metal money: They found some old coins buried in the ground. ► cash money in the form of coins and bills: I didn’t have enough cash, so I paid with a credit card. ► change money in the form of coins. Change is also the word for the money you get back in a store, when you give more money than something costs: Do you have any change for the phone? He handed the clerk a $20 bill and she gave him $3 change. ► currency the money used in a particular country: He had $500 worth of Japanese currency. ► funds the money that someone, especially an organization, has available to buy things: We have a book sale every year to raise funds for the library. ► capital money that you use to start a business, or that you invest in a business: How did you get the capital to start your business? ► revenue money that a company receives from its business activities, or that a government receives in taxes: The administration wants to raise taxes to increase its revenue. 1[countable] a piece of metal, usually flat and round, that is used as money → bill: I had a few coins in my pocket.► see thesaurus at money2toss/flip a coin to choose or decide something by throwing a coin into the air and guessing which side of it will show when it falls: We flipped a coin to decide which movie to rent.3[uncountable] money in the form of metal coins [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French three-sided piece, corner, from Latin cuneus wedge] → see also coin toss, the other side of the coin at side1 (32), two sides of the same coin at side1 (33) noun | verb coincoin2 verb VERB TABLEcoin |
| Present | I, you, we, they | coin | | he, she, it | coins | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | coined | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have coined | | he, she, it | has coined | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had coined | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will coin | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have coined |
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| Present | I | am coining | | he, she, it | is coining | | you, we, they | are coining | | Past | I, he, she, it | was coining | | you, we, they | were coining | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been coining | | he, she, it | has been coining | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been coining | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be coining | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been coining |
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