Main Entry: ¹coin

Pronunciation: \ˈkȯin\

Function: noun

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

Date: 14th century

1 archaic a : corner, cornerstone, quoin b : wedge
2 a : a usually flat piece of metal issued by governmental authority as money b : metal money c : something resembling a coin especially in shape
3 : 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 coin
5 : money <I'm in it for the coin — Sinclair Lewis>