Main Entry:

¹coin

Pronunciation:

\ˈkȯin\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English, from Anglo-French coing wedge, corner, from Latin cuneus wedge

Date:

14th century

1archaic a: corner, cornerstone, quoin b: wedge2 a: a usually flat piece of metal issued by governmental authority as money b: metal money c: something resembling a coin especially in shape3: something used as if it were money (as in verbal or intellectual exchange) <perhaps wisecracks…are respectable literary coin in the United States — Times Literary Supplement> <would repay him with the full coin of his mind — Ian Fleming>4: something having two different and usually opposing sides —usually used in the phrase the other side of the coin5: money <I'm in it for the coin — Sinclair Lewis>