Coin
noun
A small, round piece of metal used as money.
I found a few coins in my pocket
Often appears as...
- toss a coin
- coin slot
verb
To make up a new word or phrase.
He coined the term 'global warming'
Often appears as...
- coin a phrase
- coin a term
verb
To make coins out of metal.
The Royal Mint coins all the money in the UK
Often appears as...
- coin money
- coin currency
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To earn or make money.
They are coining it in with their new business
Often appears as...
- coining it in
- coining a fortune
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A small, round piece of metal used as money.
I found a few coins in my pocket
Often appears as...
- toss a coin
- coin slot
verb
To make up a new word or phrase.
He coined the term 'global warming'
Often appears as...
- coin a phrase
- coin a term
verb
To make coins out of metal.
The Royal Mint coins all the money in the UK
Often appears as...
- coin money
- coin currency
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To earn or make money.
They are coining it in with their new business
Often appears as...
- coining it in
- coining a fortune
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
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Pro Tip 1/3Physical Money
Coins are tangible and often have distinct designs that vary by country.
Check out the design on this Japanese coin.
Pro Tip 2/3Historic Value
Older coins may be collectible and valued beyond their monetary worth.
This ancient Roman coin is worth a lot to collectors.
Pro Tip 3/3Everyday Language
In conversational English, 'coins' often refers to small amounts of money in general.
Could you lend me some coins for the vending machine?
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Money
Coins are tangible and often have distinct designs that vary by country.
Check out the design on this Japanese coin.
Pro Tip 2/3Historic Value
Older coins may be collectible and valued beyond their monetary worth.
This ancient Roman coin is worth a lot to collectors.
Pro Tip 3/3Everyday Language
In conversational English, 'coins' often refers to small amounts of money in general.
Could you lend me some coins for the vending machine?
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Money
Coins are tangible and often have distinct designs that vary by country.
Check out the design on this Japanese coin.
Pro Tip 2/3Historic Value
Older coins may be collectible and valued beyond their monetary worth.
This ancient Roman coin is worth a lot to collectors.
Pro Tip 3/3Everyday Language
In conversational English, 'coins' often refers to small amounts of money in general.
Could you lend me some coins for the vending machine?
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The difference between...
I coined my own definition of success, which Peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you're capable. I believe that's true. If you make the effort to do the best of which you're capable, trying to improve the situation that exists for you, I think that's success,
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Learning from dirty jobs...
And I know the point of this conference is to celebrate things that are near and dear to us, but I also know that clean and dirty aren't opposites. They're two sides of the same coin, just like innovation and imitation, like risk and responsibility, like peripeteia and anagnorisis,
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How to make jokes at a...
story you know and so I get it like if that happens however I wanted to flip the script so I responded with a smiley face emoji because when they go low we go emoji help the next rule of thumb is is to hit them in the coin purse now smile ins really love money and when you
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Barry Clifford: Pirate...
telling me where the treasure is and as I said when I started this there's no question about it we were looking for treasure I didn't know what I was gonna do with it it was mostly the adventure I have for me I think but you know we found thousands and thousands of coins
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A Fun, Animated History...
heaven and why should it be easier for the rich to avoid a long time in purgatory than it is for the poor he thinks it's way too much about money and too little about god when priests sell letters of indulgence with slogans such as when the coin in the coffin clings
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You can only save one—...
Each person is deserving of equal concern and respect, so the best way to decide which passengers to save is to flip a coin. While this might seem arbitrary at first, this approach treats all parties equally, giving each individual an equal chance of being rescued.
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The scientific origins...
teach us that mythology and science are actually two sides of the same coin. Both are rooted in explaining and understanding the world. The key difference is that where mythology uses gods, monsters and magic, science uses measurements, records and experiments.
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Can you solve the...
Now, take two of the newly marked coins and weigh them against each other. If they balance, the third coin is fake. Otherwise, look at their marks. If they are plus coins, the heavier one is the imposter. If they are marked with minus, it's the lighter one.
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What is the Smallest...
to look at it another way if I took a single bacterium and scaled it up to the size of this coin that I would be 25 kilometers high bacterial type organisms were the first life on earth and they've dominated our planets ever since
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Can you solve the dark...
The bad news is that he's not quite as generous about letting you leave the dungeon, unless you solve his puzzle. The task sounds simple enough. Both faces of each coin bear the fearsome scorpion crest, one in silver,
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The difference between...
I coined my own definition of success, which Peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you're capable. I believe that's true. If you make the effort to do the best of which you're capable, trying to improve the situation that exists for you, I think that's success,
Video examples
Learning from dirty jobs...
And I know the point of this conference is to celebrate things that are near and dear to us, but I also know that clean and dirty aren't opposites. They're two sides of the same coin, just like innovation and imitation, like risk and responsibility, like peripeteia and anagnorisis,
Video examples
How to make jokes at a...
story you know and so I get it like if that happens however I wanted to flip the script so I responded with a smiley face emoji because when they go low we go emoji help the next rule of thumb is is to hit them in the coin purse now smile ins really love money and when you
Video examples
Barry Clifford: Pirate...
telling me where the treasure is and as I said when I started this there's no question about it we were looking for treasure I didn't know what I was gonna do with it it was mostly the adventure I have for me I think but you know we found thousands and thousands of coins
Video examples
A Fun, Animated History...
heaven and why should it be easier for the rich to avoid a long time in purgatory than it is for the poor he thinks it's way too much about money and too little about god when priests sell letters of indulgence with slogans such as when the coin in the coffin clings
Video examples
You can only save one—...
Each person is deserving of equal concern and respect, so the best way to decide which passengers to save is to flip a coin. While this might seem arbitrary at first, this approach treats all parties equally, giving each individual an equal chance of being rescued.
Video examples
The scientific origins...
teach us that mythology and science are actually two sides of the same coin. Both are rooted in explaining and understanding the world. The key difference is that where mythology uses gods, monsters and magic, science uses measurements, records and experiments.
Video examples
Can you solve the...
Now, take two of the newly marked coins and weigh them against each other. If they balance, the third coin is fake. Otherwise, look at their marks. If they are plus coins, the heavier one is the imposter. If they are marked with minus, it's the lighter one.
Video examples
What is the Smallest...
to look at it another way if I took a single bacterium and scaled it up to the size of this coin that I would be 25 kilometers high bacterial type organisms were the first life on earth and they've dominated our planets ever since
Video examples
Can you solve the dark...
The bad news is that he's not quite as generous about letting you leave the dungeon, unless you solve his puzzle. The task sounds simple enough. Both faces of each coin bear the fearsome scorpion crest, one in silver,
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Brandi Rhodes
American Wrestler
It's interesting to see how a lot of people don't see the other side of the coin. Since they haven't been there. Someone might suggest your character say something that they'd never say. It doesn't occur to them that there are people who think differently about something, from another perspective.
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Orison Swett Marden
American Writer
Life is a great university for the unfolding of the mind, for developing character. In choosing our life work, when we are free to choose, we should remember this, and choose that which will call the biggest man or woman out of us and not that from which we can coin the most dollars.
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Wayne Shorter
American Musician
My perspective on life is now to try to play music that reflects that life and death are part of the same coin. And to know about life, we must really examine the function - like death. Life tells you a lot about what death is, not what people say it is.
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Aidan Gallagher
American Actor
Teens say there's nothing I can do because I have no vote. The truth is, the only vote that matters is how you spend your money and who you give it to. Each coin is giving power. Notice and be careful who you give your power to.
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Daniel Negreanu
Canadian Celebrity
The most important reason why it's dangerous to risk all your chips pre-flop is that you simply can't be certain that you are even in a coin flip situation at that time.
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Harold S. Geneen
British Businessman
In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.
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Hasan Minhaj
American Actor
Funny and sad are two sides of the same coin. I think that most comedians are able to tap into deep subject matter.
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Joseph Conrad
Polish Novelist
Nations it may be have fashioned their Governments, but the Governments have paid them back in the same coin.
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Euripides
Greek Poet
Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
American President
Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
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Brandi Rhodes
American Wrestler
It's interesting to see how a lot of people don't see the other side of the coin. Since they haven't been there. Someone might suggest your character say something that they'd never say. It doesn't occur to them that there are people who think differently about something, from another perspective.
Quote examples
Orison Swett Marden
American Writer
Life is a great university for the unfolding of the mind, for developing character. In choosing our life work, when we are free to choose, we should remember this, and choose that which will call the biggest man or woman out of us and not that from which we can coin the most dollars.
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Wayne Shorter
American Musician
My perspective on life is now to try to play music that reflects that life and death are part of the same coin. And to know about life, we must really examine the function - like death. Life tells you a lot about what death is, not what people say it is.
Quote examples
Aidan Gallagher
American Actor
Teens say there's nothing I can do because I have no vote. The truth is, the only vote that matters is how you spend your money and who you give it to. Each coin is giving power. Notice and be careful who you give your power to.
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Daniel Negreanu
Canadian Celebrity
The most important reason why it's dangerous to risk all your chips pre-flop is that you simply can't be certain that you are even in a coin flip situation at that time.
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Harold S. Geneen
British Businessman
In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.
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Hasan Minhaj
American Actor
Funny and sad are two sides of the same coin. I think that most comedians are able to tap into deep subject matter.
Quote examples
Joseph Conrad
Polish Novelist
Nations it may be have fashioned their Governments, but the Governments have paid them back in the same coin.
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Euripides
Greek Poet
Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
American President
Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
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