Coin | Mean of coin in English Dictionary

/ˈkoɪn/

• Noun
• a small, flat, and usually round piece of metal issued by a government as money
1. gold/silver/copper coins
2. I have a dollar in coins.
• a different way of looking at or thinking about a situation
1. The economy is improving, but the other side of the coin is that inflation is becoming a bigger problem.
• to decide something by throwing a coin up in the air and seeing which side is shown after it lands
1. Let's toss a coin. Heads, we don't go; tails, we do.

• two things that are regarded as two parts of the same thing
1. These problems may seem unrelated but they are really two sides of the same coin.
• Verb
• to create (a new word or phrase) that other people begin to use
1. The coach coined the phrase “refuse to lose.”
2. William Shakespeare is believed to have coined many words.
3. The couple lived happily ever after, to coin a phrase.
• to make (money in the form of coins)
1. The nation plans to coin more money.
• to earn a lot of money quickly or easily
1. They are really coining it/money with their new CD.