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coin money

coin mon·ey
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [koin muhn-ee]
    • /kɔɪn ˈmʌn i/
    • /kɔɪn ˈmʌni/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [koin muhn-ee]
    • /kɔɪn ˈmʌn i/

Definitions of coin money words

  • noun coin money to earn or accumulate wealth rapidly 3
  • noun coin money a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money. 1
  • noun coin money a number of such pieces. 1
  • noun coin money Informal. money; cash: He's got plenty of coin in the bank. 1
  • noun coin money Architecture. quoin (defs 1, 2). 1
  • noun coin money Archaic. a corner cupboard of the 18th century. 1

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Origin of coin money

First appearance:

before 1300
One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English coyn(e), coygne < Anglo-French; Middle French coin, cuigne wedge, corner, die < Latin cuneus wedge

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Parts of speech for Coin money

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

coin money popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

coin money usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for coin money

verb coin money

  • clean up — If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
  • make a fortune — win, earn a vast amount of money
  • strike it rich — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • feather one's nest — one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.

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