coinnoun
uk/kɔɪn/us/kɔɪn/B1 [ C ] a small, round piece of metal, usually silver or copper coloured, that is used as money:
a 10p/ten pence coin
a pound coin
gold coins
I asked for £10 in 20p coins.
[ U ] money in the form of metal coins
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- The date on the coin is 1789.
- We each wanted the bedroom with the balcony, so we tossed a coin to decide.
- He fished out a coin from his pocket.
- The captains flipped a coin into the air to decide which side would bat first.
- The smaller 10 pence coin was introduced in 1992.
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Payment methods
- ATM card
- baksheesh
- bank card
- bill
- blank cheque
- cash
- cash card
- cashpoint card
- certified cheque
- direct debit
- giro
- gratuity
- hush money
- per annum
- piece
- smart card
- standing order
- sweetener
- traveller's cheque
- voucher
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Amounts of money
coinverb
uk/kɔɪn/us/kɔɪn/coin verb (INVENT)
C2 [ T ] to invent a new word or expression, or to use one in a particular way for the first time:
Allen Ginsberg coined the term "flower power".
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Inventing, designing and innovation
- architect
- artificer
- authoring
- blueprint
- cad
- computer-aided design
- engineer
- ergonomics
- father
- founding father
- guinea pig
- improvisation
- innovate
- mint
- pioneer
- redesign
- research
- research and development
- robotics
- tech
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coin verb (MONEY)
coining it (in) UK informal
to be earning a lot of money quickly
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Earning money
- bank
- base pay
- be quids in idiom
- black money
- blast
- bread
- bread and butter
- breadwinner
- bring sth in
- danger money
- draw
- earn
- fundraiser
- honorarium
- hustle
- income
- money for old rope idiom
- payday
- strike pay
- venal
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Idiom(s)
to coin a phrase